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Here's to Your Health:  Help!!! Poison Ivy Rash  |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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 Posted - Sep 22 2005 : 2:23:47 PM
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I must have been exposed to some poison ivy in my yard. We have it around some elms. If I don't find it, it finds me. I am highly sensitive to it. I have a bad rash on both ankles and lower shins. It is driving me nuts! I try not to scratch but at night in my sleep I must rub my ankles together. Ivarest isn't working, or calamine. Any remedies?
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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BlueEggBabe
True Blue Farmgirl
417 Posts
Susan
PA
417 Posts |
Posted - Sep 22 2005 : 2:54:41 PM
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I use apple cider vinegar/witch hazel combination diluted a bit with distilled water. Works like a charm 
You can also add lavender essential oil, if you have some.
"If more of us valued good food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
Edited by - BlueEggBabe on Sep 22 2005 2:55:09 PM |
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Sep 22 2005 : 3:41:20 PM
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I am terribly allergic to poison oak and sumac. Last time I had blisters over an inch wide and a half inch tall - GROSS!!! It took a steroid for me to get rid of it, my body wasn't healing on its own.
For temporary relief - hot water. Run it over the poison reaction as hot as you can stand for 10 minutes or so. Hurts more at first - but oh, after a moment, blessed relief! It lasts about an hour. |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Sep 23 2005 : 07:06:36 AM
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Jenny- I am the poisonivy sumac magnet and it just spreads over me like wildfire. I usually have to get antihistamine and steroid shots to keep it in check or it becomes systemic. Have you tried taking an antihistamine capsule at bedtime ( like Benedryll , etc...) so you can sleep? I usually prefer an organic approach but sometimes you have to go a step beyond. We also have something called IVYDRY that works very well at getting rid of the sapping part(yuk) if you can find that and it is miles better than the two you mentioned. Scratching with you in sympathy...
with a happy heart |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Sep 23 2005 : 07:44:10 AM
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Aveeno bath helps, too. You may try an antihystamine (sp?) if you are not opposed to taking some sort of medication.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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ladybugsmom6
True Blue Farmgirl
128 Posts
Tami
Horicon
WI
USA
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Posted - Oct 29 2005 : 08:33:56 AM
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baking soda paste is helpful, and so is tea tree oil.
-Tami
livin' right and loven' life! |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Oct 29 2005 : 08:51:02 AM
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Thanks for all these tips! I am going to do a plug for our own BlueEggBabe Sue's Farm at Coventry products...She sent me a little bottle of her own Poison Ivy Spritzer and 2 Oat Bath Float Bags to help my poison ivy rash and girls they are wonderful! Not only are they natural and crafted in her awesome kitchen they smell amazing and not mediciney! Pure relief! BEB YOU ROCK!!! She has other potions for soothing the aches and pains of this aging baby boomer I must try! ( her neck salve sounds great!) and soaps and lotions ect... Thanks Sue!!! No rash thanks to YOU!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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BlueEggBabe
True Blue Farmgirl
417 Posts
Susan
PA
417 Posts |
Posted - Oct 29 2005 : 11:05:41 AM
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 thanks for da plug, sistah.
www.feedsackfarmgirls.blogspot.com
"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
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ByHzGrace
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
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Posted - Oct 30 2005 : 07:53:11 AM
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| I be living with the itch. Had a friend bring me a wreath with berries on to make me feel better about fall and Wilma's rubbles. I picked it up before realising these are lovelies are ivy berries.I didn't touch it with my feet but I got blisters on my feet where I had it the last time. Is that normal? |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Nov 15 2005 : 11:18:16 AM
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| BLEACH! It stings like fire, but I'd rather sting than itch any day. |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2005 : 03:43:55 AM
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Something else to keep in mind when you wash....do it in COLD water. Warm water spreads the resin and is why the rash shows up in unusual places even days after the exposure.
One other remedy to look up. TECNU This is to be applied after exposure too. The sooner the better. It won't completely get the rash away, but will make it less. This isn't herbal by any means, but sometimes a tough problem demands a tough solution.
Luckily I have never had it go systemic. That's the worst!
Most of my summer woes are with chiggers Talk about agony! |
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