Ok here is one for the old cajun or others, I've been cutting firewood and got some poison ivy, which itches like crazy. Never been a fan of calomine lotion, anybody ever try tobacco on it? I know Bradley uses it on bee stings.
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I've had it so many times that my body throw up its hands when I get it. I end up getting a steroid shot and Prednisone pills. Not fun. As such, I'm stupid diligent of where my kids play. Don't need that in my house. Oh, and calamine lotion doesn't work for me. Usually the Dr.'s treatment gets rid of t in less than a week.
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When I was at summer camp in the 1940s, there was one kid who declared that poison ivy could not affect him. So he got naked and went rolling in a patch of it, even wiped his rear end with it. The kid spent the summer in a hospital. Hope he recovered.
God, I HATE poison ivy. I swear that I can't even look at the crap without getting covered in it. As a kid, I would get it so bad that my mother would have to take me to the doctor every friggin' summer to get a shot in my butt cheek.
Hate poison ivy. So bad. Hope yours goes away soon!
Hate poison ivy. So bad. Hope yours goes away soon!
Don't know about tobacco but when I was in boy scouts one of my old scout masters used to mix a cap full of bleach with with about a cup of water and dab on us with a cotton ball. Dried up the poison ivy in a couple of days and pretty much relieved all the itching.
Bleach or white vinegar will help, if you breathe the smoke from firewood that had poison ivy in it you are screwed, shots are the only comfort, toothpaste will dry up red ant stings, you need to dry it out. The old cajun
I'm with a bleach bath also. Gets rid of ivy and chiggers.
Having worked at a chemical plant after the Marines, we used white vinegar to neutralize most chemical
burns. (Organic chemicals, which ivy oil is a member of). I never used it on ivy, but it makes perfect sense!
Having worked at a chemical plant after the Marines, we used white vinegar to neutralize most chemical
burns. (Organic chemicals, which ivy oil is a member of). I never used it on ivy, but it makes perfect sense!
Lol Jud.... Hadn't heard that one in a while.
I've used Vinegar on it before while out and about camping. It soothes somewhat, but hasn't been a miracle cure for me. I always have a little bottle of it in the backpack just for that. Never tried bleach though.
I've used Vinegar on it before while out and about camping. It soothes somewhat, but hasn't been a miracle cure for me. I always have a little bottle of it in the backpack just for that. Never tried bleach though.
I've lived in a desert for ten years now, all that comes to mind when I hear Poison Ivy is a very sexy Uma Thurman.
Gotta' go with the bleach bath for poison ivy outbreaks. It plays hell on your skin but drying that mess up has always worked best for me.
I'm leery of steroids because they're over-prescribed in our society, but Prednisone is magic if it gets really bad. Of course, with long term treatment, you'll put on 10 to 15 lbs. in a heartbeat as well as end up looking like the Michelin man.
I'm leery of steroids because they're over-prescribed in our society, but Prednisone is magic if it gets really bad. Of course, with long term treatment, you'll put on 10 to 15 lbs. in a heartbeat as well as end up looking like the Michelin man.
My father once breathed it in during camp when they were all at the fire and it almost killed him, poor bastard had it in every orifice in his entire body. Actually wiping his ass with it must have cost that kid dearly. I wonder how much it hurt to do a number 2, oh god the paper must have felt like sandpaper! IT BURNS IT BURNS!
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