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.
One of the other best remedies to get rid of poison ivy plant is to put boiling water over it. Boiling water will burn off the plant and will regulate its growth. Make sure to do this on a regular basis and it will hamper its spread. Moreover boiling water also directly enters the root.