Comments on: Poison ivy and jewel weed

By: Donica

Donica — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:30:15 +0000

Do you have a store online or a way to purchase your itch witch. I am so sick of getting poison oak from my husband who works in the woods and it always stays longer on me than him.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:46:53 +0000

A good field guide would enable you to identify jewelweed, but how you would extract the essence of it to put in soap, I have no idea.

By: Nancy Zeigler

Nancy Zeigler — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:52:46 +0000

I make soap and balms. I have a lot of request for Jewelweed soap. How can I find the right J. stuff to put in it ?

By: Cely

Cely — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:10:24 +0000

If you need jewelweed seeds…please e-mail me at cmanansala@comcast.net I have some that I just harvested from my backyard.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:20:20 +0000

Hi Marina,
I believe I state above that the plant is jewelweed. It can be found along ditches, in and along creek beds, in wetland areas. We have it everywhere in our gorge, which is considered a hardwood rainforest. You can google to see a picture. It blooms in late Summer, early Fall and the seed pods pop or explode when you touch them. The plant can get very tall with small jewel-like orange or yellow flowers. The medicine is in the juice of the stem and leaves, which you can crush and put on any itch. I use it as a preventative way to keep poison ivy at bay. You can also make a tea with the whole plant (minus the root), or cook in coconut and/or olive oil to make a salve.

As far as killing the plant, we usually allow our goats to forage in the ivy, they will eat it back and it is very nutritional-the berries provide a good food for wildlife. If it creeps into my flower beds, I just pull out. I mainly get from touching the trees that have the vines growing up the sides. You can get a spray or soap oil to spot kill at any gardening store.

Good luck!
Blessings,
Jennifer

By: Marina

Marina — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:23:25 +0000

Hi Jen,

Can you please tell me what is the stuff that work effectively with poison ivy. I am very sensitive to it and my whole yard grow a lot poison ivy and I do need to know how to kill them.

Thanks

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:35:56 +0000

Technu works Great to wash up after you have been exposed to poision Ivy , and Zanfel is a scrub with pumice , I use it once I get the blistering it helps to dry it up fast, although pricey $$$ ! That’s why Im interested in Jewell weed, a friend just testified to me how well it works , he even told me that it can be consumed, and works great as a preventative in a tea form.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:27:05 +0000

I work in Hendersonville, NC and would like to know the name of the herb store in Bat Cave.

By: clint

clint — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:12:12 +0000

I am in upstate SC about 30 miles from the mountains of western NC and all my buddies say jewelweed it the greatest thing for poison oak/ivy sumack but it does not grow here I guess I need to take a ride to Bat cave to Jennifers store if I knew the name of it

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:02:48 +0000

Hi-I found the wonderful benefits of jewelweed a couple of years ago. We have a ton on our property and I came up with a heal-all concoction that I sell in our little town of Bat Cave/Chimney Rock, NC. I call it “Itch Witch” and I use it on everything, literally (cuts, scrapes, burns, hives, dry skin, bee stings, and of course all the poison ivy/oak/sumac and contact dermatitis). If anyone is interested, let me know. I use it on my 1yr old son-so it’s very safe for infants. Coconut oil is my base and I use a couple of other flowers that are astringents as a tea that mixes with the juice of the jewelweed. My husband and I are very allergic to poison ivy/oak and this stuff works better than a shot of steroids. It seems to help eczema as well…
Blessings!