Poison Oak cure

[oyarde]

If you eat raw honey from areas with heavy populations of poison ivy or oak this will provide some resistance to the allergy. Poison ivy flowers like crazy and bees love the pollen.

When do they flower (month ) . I have never noticed , but pay little attention ( generally more concerned with ticks , venemous snakes , brown recluse spiders....) I have seen one research that shows it is more potent , the warmer the environment ....

 

[oyarde]

Interesting tip, never heard of it. Might be helpful to take some in advance of hitting the woods, pre-emptively. And good suggestions on washing everything you may have touched. My brother got a poison ivy rash in the middle of winter once. He got it from his tacklebox which must have had some oil on it from the prior summer.

I have seen people get it from wood bark (touching) and burned (blowing in the face ) , evidently I am not that sensitive . I have pulled it right out of the ground at the base of a large old persimmon tree at my last residence ( while mowing ) and got nothing more than afew bubbles on the crotch of my hand.

 

[Meatwasp]

I have seen people get it from wood bark (touching) and burned (blowing in the face ) , evidently I am not that sensitive . I have pulled it right out of the ground at the base of a large old persimmon tree at my last residence ( while mowing ) and got nothing more than afew bubbles on the crotch of my hand.

Be careful as you can lose your immunity like my son did.

I just looked at it and got it terrible. Haven't had it for years now. Thank goodness

 

[r3volution]

if you know you came in contact with it mechanics soap works wonders . soaps like GOOP , lava ect. because they are made to lift oil & grease from the skin .

if you did not know then you are SOL . better get some calamine or steroids .

 

[Meatwasp]

if you know you came in contact with it mechanics soap works wonders . soaps like GOOP , lava ect. because they are made to lift oil & grease from the skin .

if you did not know then you are SOL . better get some calamine or steroids .

Calamine NEVER worked for me but the cream of tartar worked fine. In fact several people we told to try it swear by it.

Harsh soaps just irrated it.
. I tried all.

 

[r3volution]

Calamine NEVER worked for me but the cream of tartar worked fine. In fact several people we told to try it swear by it.

Harsh soaps just irrated it.
. I tried all.

i did not mean to use those soaps after you have it . only if you came in contact with the plant use it as a means to avoid getting the rash . there is about a 20min time frame to get the plants oil off your skin before a reaction .

 

[Meatwasp]

i did not mean to use those soaps after you have it . only if you came in contact with the plant use it as a means to avoid getting the rash . there is about a 20min time frame to get the plants oil off your skin before a reaction .

That might work as you say.
Oh Cream of tatar is crystals that form in grape juice. Perfectly harmless

 

[r3volution]

That might work as you say.
Oh Cream of tatar is crystals that form in grape juice. Perfectly harmless

can you buy just that ?

 

[Meatwasp]

I buy it at Cash and Carry in big bottles. I am sure its pure.

 

[Meatwasp]

I was thinking what you said about the shower . It might be fine if you contact it at your property, but if you are on a long hike the only thing to use would be the Cream of Tartar.
I used to get it on my ankles even though I had boots on until someone told me when you take your boots off the cuffs of your pants would rub on your ankles.

 

[noxagol]

For the love of god don't use soap and water to wash the urishiol off (the poison ivy/oak/sumac oil). Use rubbing alcohol instead. Soap lifts the oils and then spreads it to another part of your body. I got the stuff over 90% of my body doing this when I was a kid. Rubbing alcohol neutralizes the oil so it is no longer toxic.

http://poisonivy.aesir.com/view

 

[Dr.3D]

I also understand, using cold water and soap to wash the oil off is better than using hot water as the hot water opens the pores of the skin, allowing the oil to penetrate easier.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

Despite spending a lot of time hiking and in the woods brushing up against God knows what I've never gotten poison oak. Lots of tick bites though

Anyone actually try this cure out?

 

[Meatwasp]

Despite spending a lot of time hiking and in the woods brushing up against God knows what I've never gotten poison oak. Lots of tick bites though

Any one ever try this cure out?
For many years my whole family used it and countless friends swear by it. Is that proof? Remember you have to drink it when it FIRST STARTS ,or it doesn't work.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

Despite spending a lot of time hiking and in the woods brushing up against God knows what I've never gotten poison oak. Lots of tick bites though

Any one ever try this cure out?
For many years my whole family used it and countless friends swear by it. Is that proof? Remember you have to drink it when it FIRST STARTS ,or it doesn't work.

Thanks

 

[mtr1979]

I've had a sumac rash a few times from clearing out pastures. Sumac like Poison Ivy has a substance in it called Urushiol. This substance, Urushiol is what causes the rash. I recommend a product called Tecnu. This product actually works it won't make the itching stop right away, but it will dramatically shorten the duration of the itching. I wish I had this product a few years back. I had a situation where I got into some sumac and the itching would not go away, it seriously lasted a month.

 

[dannno]

I trudged through some poison oak yesterday with my dog, carrying a big inflatable trolling boat and gear.

I know we got it on our gear and I am sure I got it on my feet and legs when we had to hike back in the dark (was wearing sandals). Pretty sure it got on my dog too. I got home and bathed myself and my dog right away. I'm going to switch to my backup pair of sandals for a few days, then wash those off really good at some point.

It got on the bottom of the boat for sure, before we took it out in the water for a couple hours, so by the time we dragged it up on shore a couple times I dunno how much was left on there but after we put the boat away I decided I'm going to leave it alone for a week at least and make sure I don't get any poison oak. Eventually I'll take it out and hose it off with some soap.

So I'm going to make a smoothie today with 2 tsp of cream of tartar.. Then 1 tsp tomorrow, 1 tsp the next day and then if I start getting a poison oak rash I'll do another 2 teaspoons.

 

[amonasro]

Anyone ever get poison sumac before? It's worse than poison ivy and oak, plus it grows at body/face level, making brushing against the plant very easy.

I used to get it as a kid, as it grew near a river behind my house. I went as Freddy Kreuger one Halloween because half my face was swollen to hell from walking through a nice patch of it. Potent stuff.

 

[Meatwasp]

I trudged through some poison oak yesterday with my dog, carrying a big inflatable trolling boat and gear.

I know we got it on our gear and I am sure I got it on my feet and legs when we had to hike back in the dark (was wearing sandals). Pretty sure it got on my dog too. I got home and bathed myself and my dog right away. I'm going to switch to my backup pair of sandals for a few days, then wash those off really good at some point.

It got on the bottom of the boat for sure, before we took it out in the water for a couple hours, so by the time we dragged it up on shore a couple times I dunno how much was left on there but after we put the boat away I decided I'm going to leave it alone for a week at least and make sure I don't get any poison oak. Eventually I'll take it out and hose it off with some soap.

So I'm going to make a smoothie today with 2 tsp of cream of tartar.. Then 1 tsp tomorrow, 1 tsp the next day and then if I start getting a poison oak rash I'll do another 2 teaspoons.

Dannno,

It will work with one dose if you caught it in time.

 

[Working Poor]

I am extremely allergic to poison oak my skin turns black and bleeds really bad from it so I will be keeping some cream of tartar in my medicine chest from now on. Thanks so much for the tip.