02/09/2020 / By Zoey Sky
Jewelweed or spotted touch-me-not is a beautiful ornamental plant. Homesteaders know that its pretty flowers can also be used to make a soothing salve that treats poison ivy. (h/t to SurvivalSullivan.com)
Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) grows best in the shade. The plant is easy to grow in almost any area with constantly moist soil.
Jewelweed has oval leaves that are slightly lobed. The plant may appear silvered or frosted when wet — the property that gave jewelweed its name.
The plant’s stems are very succulent and they drip with a slimy juice when broken. Jewelweed flowers are trumpet-shaped, and they can be yellow or orange on the same plant.
The juice from jewelweed stems and leaves helps treat poison ivy rash. Jewelweed juice speeds up the drying of your liquid-filled blisters and the rash that follows when exposed to poison ivy.
Juice from the plant can also be used to relieve itching. Additionally, jewelweed juice is used to treat athlete’s foot and ringworm since it has natural antifungal properties. (Related: Home remedies for different types of skin rashes.)
Ingredients:
Before you start making the salve, steep the jewelweed in the carrier oil for several hours. Do not add natural plant matter directly into a salve.
If you store the salve for a long time, the plant matter may produce mold that can make the healing salve go rancid. Using rancid salve will cause more harm than good.
Steeping instructions:
Preparing the jewelweed salve:
Grow jewelweed in your garden and follow the recipe above to make a soothing jewelweed salve that can treat poison ivy rash and other minor skin problems.
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