Well well well, what do we have here? Looks like we have some Jewelweed on our hands! An easy way to identify Jewelweed is by pouring a bit of water and watching it become all shiny, like a JEWEL! You can use Jewelweed by crushing it into a salve for bites, burns, or even poison ivy. | U.S. Forest Service - National Forests in North Carolina

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🌿Jewelweed is by far one of my favorite medicines of all time, and oddly enough, I don't even get poison ivy. I simply respect this plant so much!! 🍃 Jewelweed is most famous for being a natural remedy for poison ivy. The leaves, roots and stems of this plant, contain a compound called lawsone, which is considered to have anti-inflammatory, antifungal and powerful antihistamine actions. With these components, it puts up a great defense to the urushiol, the compound in poison ivy plants that ca