Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:
Common Name: Jewelweed
Genus and Species: Impatiens carpensis
Active Chemical Ingredients: Palmitic acid
Usage: Treats Poison Ivy rashes
Preparation: Crushed leaf poultice
Sources:
Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin
NaturalMedicineFacts.info. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/
Jewelweed, Poison Ivy Treatment from Nature. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://altnature.com/jewelweed.htm
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