next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects --_7d686035-ea0e-49c6-a504-f8ab02e8c539_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all=2C =20 I was told years ago (by someone who I imagine would know) that a useful re= medy plant for poison ivy is jewelweed=2C which -- I was also told -- may o= ften be found growing conveniently close by poison ivy stands. Not sure wh= ether you squeeze the leaf juice onto affected parts or ?? Has anybody els= e heard this? =20 A. Woolaver =20 > From: soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy > Date: Fri=2C 27 Aug 2010 16:18:26 -0300 >=20 >=20 > Nuke Poison Ivy (PI)? That may be a slight over-reaction. What surprises= =20 > me is that PI (Toxicodendron radicans) is included in the Atlantic Coasta= l=20 > Plain Flora=2C as per the N.S. Nature Trust's "Guide to the Atlantic Coas= tal=20 > Plain Flora of Nova Scotia" (2005)=2C in spite of its wide range in Easte= rn=20 > Canada and U.S. Could someone comment? > I continue to be surprised by how many outdoorsy people cannot identify=20 > it in the field=2C in spite of having spent years in the out of doors. > In a recent medical article I've read that 80 % of the population is=20 > allergic to the above species. Sadly=2C there was no indication of the so= urce=20 > of this tidbit of information. Which population? I suspect that the=20 > percentage refers to the fraction of the population who become allergic=20 > following repeated physical contact with the plant. > Dusan Soudek=20 >=20 = --_7d686035-ea0e-49c6-a504-f8ab02e8c539_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> Hi all=2C<BR>  =3B<BR> I was told years ago (by someone who I imagine would know) that a useful re= medy plant for poison ivy is jewelweed=2C which -- I was also told -- may o= ften be found growing conveniently close by poison ivy stands. =3B Not = sure whether you squeeze the leaf juice onto affected parts or ?? =3B H= as anybody else heard this?<BR>  =3B<BR> A. Woolaver<BR> =3B<BR>>=3B From: soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>>=3B T= o: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>>=3B Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy<BR>= >=3B Date: Fri=2C 27 Aug 2010 16:18:26 -0300<BR>>=3B <BR>>=3B <BR>>= =3B Nuke Poison Ivy (PI)? That may be a slight over-reaction. What surprise= s <BR>>=3B me is that PI (Toxicodendron radicans) is included in the Atla= ntic Coastal <BR>>=3B Plain Flora=2C as per the N.S. Nature Trust's "Guid= e to the Atlantic Coastal <BR>>=3B Plain Flora of Nova Scotia" (2005)=2C = in spite of its wide range in Eastern <BR>>=3B Canada and U.S. Could some= one comment?<BR>>=3B I continue to be surprised by how many outdoorsy peo= ple cannot identify <BR>>=3B it in the field=2C in spite of having spent = years in the out of doors.<BR>>=3B In a recent medical article I've read = that 80 % of the population is <BR>>=3B allergic to the above species. Sa= dly=2C there was no indication of the source <BR>>=3B of this tidbit of i= nformation. Which population? I suspect that the <BR>>=3B percentage refe= rs to the fraction of the population who become allergic <BR>>=3B followi= ng repeated physical contact with the plant.<BR>>=3B Dusan Soudek <BR>>= =3B <BR> </body> </html>= --_7d686035-ea0e-49c6-a504-f8ab02e8c539_--
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects