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Hi Again, Aug 30, 2010
Since I became sensitive to Poison Ivy I have carefully avoided direct skin contact but 0 to n times a year get zapped by secondary contact after working in PI (via tools, work gloves, boots, pant legs, firewood...) so blisters constitute my first hint that contact was effected.
Yt, DW
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From: David&Jane Schlosberg
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:12 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy
I think the folksy name for jewelweed comes from the fact that the blossoms are so delicate. Also, one is supposed to rub it on just after the poison ivy contact. When the blisters appear would be way too late. I have seen them in the same vicinity farther south, where both grow in more abundance. I've never personally tried the remedy, because I am quite careful of poison ivy; but I do remember people telling me that it does work.
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:36 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy
Hi All, Aug 27, 2010
The gelatinous sap from a healthy Aloe vera leaf is better even than Calomine.
The notion that Touch-me-not (Jewelweed) and Poison Ivy grow conveniently close together strikes me as folksy un-wisdom. I can't think of one instance where they are close and, even if they were, one would likely be inconveniently distant when Poison Ivy rash appeared several days after exposure.
Also, would not Touch-me-not be a better name for Poison Ivy ?
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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From: David&Jane Schlosberg
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy
Yes. Many times. It's in the Euell Gibbons book, Stalking the Wild Asparagus. I believe you are supposed to rub the flowers and leaves on your skin.
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Anne Woolaver
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 4:32 PM
To: Nature Nova Scotia
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy
Hi all,
I was told years ago (by someone who I imagine would know) that a useful remedy plant for poison ivy is jewelweed, which -- I was also told -- may often be found growing conveniently close by poison ivy stands. Not sure whether you squeeze the leaf juice onto affected parts or ?? Has anybody else heard this?
A. Woolaver
> From: soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy
> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:18:26 -0300
>
>
> Nuke Poison Ivy (PI)? That may be a slight over-reaction. What surprises
> me is that PI (Toxicodendron radicans) is included in the Atlantic Coastal
> Plain Flora, as per the N.S. Nature Trust's "Guide to the Atlantic Coastal
> Plain Flora of Nova Scotia" (2005), in spite of its wide range in Eastern
> Canada and U.S. Could someone comment?
> I continue to be surprised by how many outdoorsy people cannot identify
> it in the field, in spite of having spent years in the out of doors.
> In a recent medical article I've read that 80 % of the population is
> allergic to the above species. Sadly, there was no indication of the source
> of this tidbit of information. Which population? I suspect that the
> percentage refers to the fraction of the population who become allergic
> following repeated physical contact with the plant.
> Dusan Soudek
>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Again,
Aug 30,
2010</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Since I became sensitive to Poison Ivy
I have carefully avoided direct skin contact but 0 to n times a
year get zapped by secondary contact after working in PI (via tools, work
gloves, boots, pant legs, firewood...) so blisters constitute my first hint that
contact was effected. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yt, DW</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=109030801-28082010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>I think the
folksy name for jewelweed comes from the fact that the blossoms are so
delicate. Also, one is supposed to ru