Jewelweed’s medicinal uses are well-known by many traditional cultures. You, too, can take advantage of this healing plant with this poison ivy soap recipe. And luckily, jewelweed identification ...

Jewelweed Uses Years ago, I realized that one of the best ways to use fresh jewelweed was as a poison ivy treatment. Orange ...

Native Americans used jewelweed the same way to treat poison ivy and poison oak rashes. I still use this plant today, but because it is an annual with a short life (and not always near the plant ...

We spoke with six experts about how to spot and avoid poison ivy, prevent exposure, ... Jewelweed salve, and, of course, calamine lotion. Leaves of three, let it be. Intelligencer; ...

You can find jewelweed sometimes growing near to where poison ivy is growing. Gather jewelweed leaves, not the flowers, and boil them to make a tea. Dab this over the area of the rash.

As a field biologist, I learned to crush jewel weed and rub it on any area that had accidentally come in contact with poison ivy. In Missouri, where I live, jewel weed often grows in the same area ...

Poison ivy is bad news — here's how to keep that itchy scourge ... antihistamine capsules, cold compresses, oatmeal baths, baking soda paste and a red-cider-vinegar-and-jewelweed-extract ...

According to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, you should do the following: Immediately wash the part of your skin that touched the plant with one of the following: Rubbing alcohol, ...

I have rubbed their sappy springtime stems on my ankles to guard against poison ivy, and possibly this Native remedy has worked (so far, no rashes). By late summer their sturdier, jointed branches ...

Control options. The safest and most effective method for removing poison ivy from the landscape is through the application of a herbicide such as glyphosate, 2,4-D or tripclopyr.

Poison ivy is poised to be one of the big winners in this global, human-caused phenomenon. Scientists expect the dreaded three-leafed vine will take full advantage of warmer temperatures and ...