Jewelweed... = Chel.

[Dave Hartley]

Chelidonium majus, family Papaveraceae. (Poppy)

A foremost remedy in hepatic complaint, with keynote pain under lower/inner
angle of right scapula.
Materia medica:
http://www.homeoint.org/clarke/c/chel.htm
Other Names: Celandine, Chelidonium, garden celandine, great celandine,
tetterwort, jewel weed, quick-in-hand, slippers, snap weed, pale
touch-me-not, slipper weed, balsam weed, weathercock, touch-me-not

picture:
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/hdwimages1/hdw067107.jpg
botanical drawing:
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/lib ... 63_021.jpg
Dave Hartley
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)423-4284

[Ruby]

Thanks once again Dave!! I appreciate it!
Jennifer

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[Nancy Siciliana]

Hi Dave, everyone,

Actually, the chelidonium pictured in these links is not the Jewelweed in question. Jewel weed is a type of Impatiens plant--Impatiens Capensis and Impatiens Pallida are the two types people use to treat poison ivy. They are not the same plant.

The Jewelweed used widely as a quick first aid for poison ivy is a type of bushy plant that grows mostly in calcareous soils--the flowers are somewhat cone-shaped, orange flowers which "dangle" from the plant. As they open the petals pull back and they can look like miniature lillies. The juice from the crushed flowers and twigs of the plant can be immediately rubbed on to the affected area--and it is usually found growing very near the poison ivy plant. People who do a lot of hiking and camping in the Northern parts of Ontario are very familiar with it. Here's a photograph of the actual plant:
http://ncnatural.com/wildflwr/obnxious.html

The jewelweed is pictured in the left insert--across from the photograph of the poison ivy.

Regards,
Nancy

[Nancy Siciliana]

Here's an even better picture of Impatiens Capensis:

http://www.holoweb.com/cannon/jewelwee2.htm

Nancy