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.
Itâs relatively easy to avoid a bout with poison ivy if you know youâre going to be around it â while gardening, say, or hiking in the woods â by wearing gloves, long sleeves and long pants. According to the Mayo Clinic, the amount of urushiol that gets on skin determines the severity of the rash it causes.