Ep 63 Poison Ivy: It's Just Us
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The History of Arushiol
Arushiol is an oily mix of organic compounds and it can be found in a bunch of different species of plants. The arushiol containing sap of the lacquer tree has been used as like this hard varnish or lacquer in Chinese and Korean and Japanese lacquer ware for around 6,000 years. And here in North America, poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac,. these plants were all used by some Native American groups for various purposes such as dying or writing on textiles.
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