Laura, This was just posted on an herb list I am part of.
We just break open the stem and use the sap directly. If used at exposure
and before the rash, jewel weed can prevent the rash.
It can be used the same way after the rash breaks out to alleviate the itching.
The best thing for preventing, stopping and drying up the rash is Rhus Tox, a homeopathc remedy.
homeopathics can be purchased at a health food store. Sue
Sue, I have used Rhus Tox once years ago. I think I used Highlands? It
might just be coincidental but the PI went systemic that time and I was very
sick. I wish I had jewel weed and I wish I had a good health food store/
herb store. I'll Michael check in Birmingham to see if the one there has
jewel weed. Right now cold compresses are helping but I have to admit I'm
also taking Benadryl because its ALL over my face .... but not in my eyes
still : ) I'm also taking massive amounts of C. Its ok.... I've gotten
used to having the stuff on some part of me nearly all the time during the
summer.
I'm making some nice tea tree oil soap tonight too.
Sue, I was no where near PI this week. It for certain snuck up on me
this time .... rotten stuff.
Thanks so much for your ideas!
Laura
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Mary Ann, I'm running out to Sean's shade garden this minute and trying it.
I'll let you know!
Laura
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Silly question. Can I find jewel weed in seed catalogs? I should just grow
a bunch I"m thinking. If I weren't a complete chicken I'd be trying that
trick of eating minute amounts until I'm not allergic again but.... I AM a
chicken.
Laura
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In a message dated 6/28/06 9:30:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
laurabrownmckenzie@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes:
<< I wish I had jewel weed and I wish I had a good health food store/
herb store. >>
Since jewel weed is just wild impatien, would squashing a tame impatien plant
on yourself help I wonder?
Mary Ann
But not nearly as scary!! ;-D--- On Wed 06/28, Mary Ann Mikulski < Mmikulski@AOL.COM > wrote:
Since jewel weed is just wild impatien, would squashing a tame impatien plant on yourself help I wonder?Mary Ann
www.richters.com has it at $6.00 a pkg
JEWELWEED
Impatiens biflora
Annual
Uses: medicinal
Sow No:34
North American woodland annual with distinctive orange-yellow pendant-like flowers. The juice or freshly crushed leaves are very effective for the treatment for poison ivy. When applied liberally to affected skin, jewelweed goes to work almost immediately to soothe and help to reduce the itchy rash caused by poison ivy?s irritant oils. The juice can be added to soap recipes to make very effective poison ivy-fighting soaps. Jewelweed often grows in the same area as poison ivy but why not grow a patch of jewelweed just to be sure? Prefers moist, shady locations with rich soil. Seeds require cold to germinate; best sown outdoors in autumn to come up in the spring. It reseeds itself, becoming more or less permanent over the years. Height: 1 m (3-4 ft.). FALL DELIVERY ONLY.
pictures
http://www.econetwork.net/~wildmansteve/Plants.Folder/Jewelweed.html
If you break jewelweed's stem and repeatedly apply the juice to a fresh mosquito bite for 15-20 minutes, the itching stops and the bite doesn't swell.
For older bites, it works only temporarily.
Jewelweed's juice also relieves bee and wasp stings, although it doesn't always cure them completely.
It's is also helpful for nettle stings, minor burns, cuts, eczema, acne, sores, and any skin irritations.
If you accidentally touch poison ivy and apply jewelweed juice to the affected area before the rash appears, you probably won't get the rash. One of my best strawberry patches is also infested with poison ivy. You can't avoid touching it as you collect the irresistible fruit. I have everyone apply jewelweed to all exposed areas when we leave, and nobody ever gets a rash.
The Indians treat already-developed poison ivy rash by rubbing jewelweed?s broken stem on the rash until it draws some blood. The rash then dries out, a scab forms, and healing occurs.
There are many ways to capture jewelweed's medicinal properties: The fresh plant lasts a week in a sealed container in the refrigerator. 1960s foraging guru and author Ewell Gibbons reported the jewelweed tincture he extracted in alcohol went moldy, but I've soaked fresh jewelweed in commercial witch hazel extract for a few weeks, and the extract of the two herbs works well and doesn't perish.
You can also make jewelweed ointment by simmering a small amount of jewelweed in light vegetable oil (any vegetable oil except olive oil, which burns) 10-15 minutes. Use only a small handful of jewelweed stems per quart of oil, or bubbles of jewelweed juice will form in the ointment and go moldy. Strain out the herb, add a handful of beeswax to thicken it, and heat until melted. Take out a spoonful and let it cool to test the thickness, and add more oil or beeswax as needed. Add the contents of one oil-soluble vitamin E capsule, a natural preservative, and let it cool. Refrigerated, it lasts for months.
The seeds will pop into your hand, and you can eat them, discarding the coiled ?springs.? They?re very tasty?walnut flavored, but too small for more than a trail nibble. Children, who seek out fun over efficiency, love learning to catch and eat jewelweed seeds.
Caution: Don't grab the seed pods loosely, or the seeds will pop away -- especially important if you're Catholic -- you're not supposed to spill your seeds!Amy of Marvelous GardensZone 10 or Sunset zone 23http://home.earthlink.net/~marvelousgardens/--- On Wed 06/28, Laura McKenzie < laurabrownmckenzie@WORLDNET.ATT.NET > wrote:From: Laura McKenzie [mailto: laurabrownmckenzie@WORLDNET.ATT.NET]To: OGL@LSV.UKY.EDUDate: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:30:11 -0500Subject: Re: jewel weed for PISue, I have used Rhus Tox once years ago. I think I used Highlands? It might just be coincidental but the PI went systemic that time and I was very sick. I wish I had jewel weed and I wish I had a good health food store/ herb store. I'll Michael check in Birmingham to see if the one there has jewel weed. Right now cold compresses are helping but I have to admit I'm also taking Benadryl because its ALL over my face .... but not in my eyes still : ) I'm also taking massive amounts of C. Its ok....
I've gotten used to having the stuff on some part of me nearly all the time during the summer.I'm making some nice tea tree oil soap tonight too.Sue, I was no where near PI this week. It for certain snuck up on me this time .... rotten stuff.Thanks so much for your ideas! Laura><>`` ><>`` ><>`` ><>`` ><>`` ><>`` ><>``Laura's Homeschooling, Garden, and Genealogy Siteis found here: http://home.att.net/~ekyorigins``<>< ``<>< ``<>< ``<>< ``<>< ``<>< ``<><----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Jennings" > Laura, This was just posted on an herb list I am part of.>> We just break open the stem and use the sap directly. If used at > exposure> and before the rash, jewel weed can prevent the rash.> It can be used the same way after the rash breaks out to alleviate the > itching.>> The best thing for preventing, stopping and drying up
the rash is Rhus > Tox, a homeopathc remedy.>> homeopathics can be purchased at a health food store. Sue>>>
In a message dated 6/28/06 11:17:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
marvelousgardens@EXCITE.COM writes:
<< But not nearly as scary!! ;-D--- On Wed 06/28, Mary Ann Mikulski <
Mmikulski@AOL.COM > wrote:
Since jewel weed is just wild impatien, would squashing a tame impatien
plant on yourself help I wonder?Mary Ann
Amy, I like the way your mind works.
Mary Ann
Mary Ann some would call that defective, not working. ;-D Amy of Marvelous Gardens--- On Thu 06/29, Mary Ann Mikulski < Mmikulski@AOL.COM > wrote:
<< But not nearly as scary!! ;-D--- On Wed 06/28, Mary Ann Mikulski < Mmikulski@AOL.COM > wrote:Since jewel weed is just wild impatien, would squashing a tame impatien plant on yourself help I wonder?Mary Ann>>Amy, I like the way your mind works.Mary Ann
I think it grows wild back in your area? I don't think it grows out here. I am pretty sure that it is wild in NC. I wish I had it here for a poison oak preparation. Sue
Hope you are feeling better soon.
Laura McKenzie
Sue, I have used Rhus Tox once years ago. I think I used Highlands? It
might just be coincidental but the PI went systemic that time and I was very
sick. I wish I had jewel weed and I wish I had a good health food store/
herb store. I'll Michael check in Birmingham to see if the one there has
jewel weed.
http://www.missouriplants.com/Redalt/Impatiens_capensis_page.html
I found a page for it so that I could get a good look just in case I did
have the plant..... I don't. I really wish I did now.. its a pretty plant.
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Better to be a chicken then to have it inside. I know someone that had herpes spread down the throat. Not something you want to deal with - PI in the mouth and throat. Sue
Laura McKenzie
Silly question. Can I find jewel weed in seed catalogs? I should just grow
a bunch I"m thinking. If I weren't a complete chicken I'd be trying that
trick of eating minute amounts until I'm not allergic again but.... I AM a
chicken.
