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PLEASE NOTE:
"Poisonous" does not mean deadly. Some manifestations of toxicity are subtle. The dose, as always, determines if a plant is safe source of nutrients or a toxic hazard.

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BRIEF: Does docweed cure poison ivy?


QUESTION:
Does docweed (garden sorrel) cure poison ivy?

ANSWER:
I have never heard this, but I doubt it. Anything applied for two weeks that doesn't make poison ivy worse will seem to cure it, since it goes away by itself in that time anyway.