FREE: 20+ Orange Jewelweed (poison ivy remedy)

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Offering 20+ seeds from this year's crop, organically/ nature grown.

Impatiens capensis, the orange jewelweed, common jewelweed, spotted jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not, or orange balsam, is an annual plant native to North America.

Jewelweed is a traditional remedy for various skin conditions, irritations, nettle stings, hives, eczema, insect stings and bites, cuts, and acne.
It is best known as a remedy against poison ivy rash. The seeds are edible and pleasant tasting. My chickens love them, and its fun watching them try to get the seeds from the plants, because when the seeds pods are touched they pop open and seeds go flying.

The active compound found in jewelweed, lawsone, is proven to have antihistamine and anti-inflammatory properties. The plant also contains balsaminones, which have strong antipruritic (anti-itch) properties. I've made a tea from it and used it on the chickens when they had a bout of mites, seemed to help quite a bit.


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