Mollison has said: Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labour; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system..
The juice of jewelweed is a traditional remedy for all sorts of skin ailments including poison ivy. An oft-repeated folk saying, Wherever poison ivy is found, jewelweed grows close by. To use it, you can simply crush the leaves and rub it on the itchy places.
poison ivy sap is found in nearly every part of the plant including the leaves stems and roots the sap contains an oil called urushiol if any of this extremely sticky oil comes in contact with the skin it can cause a blistering skin rashash your skin if you ve come in contact with poison ivy immediately rinse your skin with water use soap and then rinse thoroughly use a skin cream containing bentoquatam before going outdoors to an area with poison ivy you can always apply an over the counter barrier cream containing bentoquatam