Posion Ivy Remedies

Late at night, when you're sleeping, Poison Ivy comes a creepin' all around...

 

Whenever I picked up poison ivy or stinging nettles or anything like while mountain biking, I'd find myself a mud puddle and slather on a handful of mud. The clay in the mud (in this part of the world anyways), serves to suck the toxic material from the skin and releive any itchiness. Kinda works like calamine lotion - dirtier but immediately soothing and usually in good supply (around here). If no mud puddle, a squirt of water from my camelback into a handful of clay soil usually did the trick.

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Aveeno-Soothi...ocphy=9000893&hvtargid=pla-347154027067&psc=1
You can likely get this product from your local drug store. It definitely works at relieving the itch.
One thing to keep in mind for the future.... once you have had poison ivy or poison oak, you will be much more susceptible to getting it in the future and for some folks, they only have to be near it, not even touching it.
Fishheadjoe

 

Go to the Dr, get a Z-pack and soak in salt water...bath or beach if you are near the ocean.

 

It's going to take DAYS, not hours. This is not a short-term condition.

 

. I flood the area with alcohol (the drug store kind not from your bartender) as often as I can. It will really dry out your skin but that is what works for me. If it is a small spot I will scrape the blisters open with a razor blade and use the alcohol on gauze to keep it wet,that will dry it up in a day. If I am not that aggressive with it it will travel up my arm or leg spreading misery all summer.

 

Had it once...maybe 6 years ago.
Doctor was no help (needs to run its course).
Somebody hipped me to Vinegar & Baking Soda. Mix into a paste & scrub.
A hot shower (as hot as you stand it) is both agony & ecstacy.

 

Calamine lotion and cover it up, if you scratch it you spread the oils around your skin. It is not a speedy process unfortunately, you will suffer for a bit.

 

- Wash the area with Dawn (should have done this right after exposure)
- Blot (don't rub) with 91% alcohol, when dry blot with witch hazel
- Time. Can take weeks/months for it to clear up

 

I was taught a very similar method. Only difference is using Apple Cider Vinegar.

 

The rash will not recede by magic. It takes time. The best you can do is try things to relieve the itch some.

Sorry.

 

From what I have heard, you may consider amputation. DON'T.

 

Fels-Naptha brown soap and time

 

Keep it as dry as you can... and when those blisters rise, don't let the oil contained within spread (i.e, don't scratch it ).

 

The best cure for poison oak ivy etc is not be allergic to it. I’ve been in the woods a large part of my life and have never suffered from it. I’ve been with others who got it when i didn’t get it. As was mentioned, mud is effective. When we were in the field for extended periods, mud was the go to for anyone who got a case of it.

 

This had you known it grows usually very close to poison ivy Jewelweed