Mollison has said: Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labour; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system..
The juice of jewelweed is a traditional remedy for all sorts of skin ailments including poison ivy. An oft-repeated folk saying, Wherever poison ivy is found, jewelweed grows close by. To use it, you can simply crush the leaves and rub it on the itchy places.
Protection Against Poisonous Plants. There are a couple of things you can do to reduce the risk of exposure. You can apply Ivy Block, a topical lotion sold OTC at most drugstores, to your child's skin -- it can provide added protection against poison ivy, oak, and sumac.