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.
Apply the crushed leaves to the area affected. 1  The actual science behind the use of plants to treat this condition is very limited. 2  A dock weed plant commonly grows in the same general areas as the stinging nettle plant. 3  A jewelweed plant is the same plant as an impatiens.