Tired of dealing with the discomfort of poison ivy? Try making your own jewelweed salve with this recipe. It's a natural and effective way to calm your skin.
OMG, as I read this, I started yelling, No, No, No, don't burn the P. I. Many years ago in the fall, we were cleaning up over grown weeds and shrubs at our new to us cottage. My dad started a burn pile and we tossed all the dead stuff in. What we didn't know was that there was poison ivy in there. Within days we were covered in blisters inside our mouths, noses, and over our bodies. Worst way to learn that the urushiol oil was there let alone still harmful when in smoke form.
I would like to make some jewelweed tea and salve. I have found that Benadryl is helpful to dry out the blisters. I only take it at night as it makes me quite drowsy.
And the line that made me laugh the hardest: "I bought a bunch on Etsy from a very nice person doing God’s work of selling weeds that I am too lazy to find myself."
Very funny, as always. Thanks for the recipes Maureen, I’m very allergic.
OMG, as I read this, I started yelling, No, No, No, don't burn the P. I. Many years ago in the fall, we were cleaning up over grown weeds and shrubs at our new to us cottage. My dad started a burn pile and we tossed all the dead stuff in. What we didn't know was that there was poison ivy in there. Within days we were covered in blisters inside our mouths, noses, and over our bodies. Worst way to learn that the urushiol oil was there let alone still harmful when in smoke form.
I would like to make some jewelweed tea and salve. I have found that Benadryl is helpful to dry out the blisters. I only take it at night as it makes me quite drowsy.
And the line that made me laugh the hardest: "I bought a bunch on Etsy from a very nice person doing God’s work of selling weeds that I am too lazy to find myself."
Great post and helpful.