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.
A Mixture of Essential Oils. While there are some great choices, you can also use a mix of essential oils for poison ivy. For this, you need 3 drops each of lavender oil, chamomile oil, helichrysum oil, geranium oil and cypress oil.