Re: poison ivy
- Subject: Re: poison ivy
- From: I* H*
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 10:45:13 -0400
I think I know what plant Dee Ann wrote about, to use the juice from the
stems to soothe a rash.
This plant grows wild near the stream at my house, and has a stem which
has a lot of liquid in it. It grows a small orange slipper-like flower,
sometime in the later part of the summer.
If this is the plant, I plan to do just what Dee Ann says.
Isabelle Hayes
Dee Ann Scheller wrote:
>snip
> IF, FAILING TO WASH, AND YOU DO DEVELOP A RASH THEN EITHER RUB ON THE
> JUICE FROM THE FLUID FILLED STEMS (RATHER LIKE IMPATIENS STEMS) OF THE
> JEWEL WEED PLANT. SORRY I DO NOT KNOW THE PROPER NAME. I MAKE A "TEA"
> BY STEEPING THE STEMS WHEN THE PLANTS ARE YOUNG AND FULL OF FLUID AND
> KEEP IT REFRIGERATED TO RUB ON ITCHY RASHES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE
> YEAR. IF YOU DO NOT KEEP IT REFRIGERATED IT WILL GO BAD
>
> THE PLANT GETS ABOUT 3 FOOT TALL AND HAS SMALL (ABOUT 1 INCH) ORANGE
> FLOWERS WITH A SPOTTED THROAT. THEY ARE SHAPED LIKE A SMALL TRUMPET OR
> HORN OF PLENTY. I SURE HOPE MARGE PAUL OR CLAIRE CAN HELP US OUT WITH
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