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  • From: Owsley lucy <boulderbelt AT embarqmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Poison Ivy
  • Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:33:03 -0400

The remedy plant that grows near PI is jewel Weed, not plantain. i have an explosion of both on my farm. 

The antidote grows in the same vicinity as the poison ivy. It is called plantain by the locals. It is normally a broader leafed plant that sends up a central stalk. I take it inside and grind it up in the blender with a little water and make a paste of it to use where the poison ivy has touched. When I didn't get to the itching/rash right away, I just put the paste on and cover it with a homemade bandage like a tied sock and by morning it is gone.
 
Pam
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Lucy Goodman
Boulder Belt Eco-Farm
Eaton, OH






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