poison ivy cure

[PAPPY]

YEP...THAT'S IT ERIC....PAPPY

The only way to avoid poisen ivy is simple. Just stay out of the woods. And detect only on a concrete WalMart parking lot.

[Gregory]

I have used the touch me not's before. My friend Charles has it growing along the road.

I know of another cure. Locate a sulfur creek (we have quite a few here and I know my WV friends are loaded with them) Rub the sulfur rock on your poison. It will dry up in a couple days. I got leery in doing this because of pollutants being in the creek water (sewage )

Sulfur will work and dry it up.

[creekrat]

you got it rob that is is the plant you be lookin for ...........CR

[HooseNutz]

Are considered "lucky" I have never gotten poison Ivy, Oak or Sumac! Its probally genetic as my father is the same way. But my mom will break out from just looking at it. Poison Ivy is easy to identify, its a vine with 3 leaves slightly shaded with red and usually has bunches of berries near the leaves. I am attaching 3 pics of ivy, oak, and sumac so you peeps will know what to stay away from. If you cant see the pic very well, here is the website I got them from.

http://poisonivy.aesir.com/

Full of pics and info regarding these problem plants. Happy Hunting!!

Oh forgot the pics below are as follows: left: poison oak, middle: poison ivy, right: poison sumac....so you dont get confused.

[JeffersWV]

Thanks for the pics, Creekrat. Have heard of the plant, but had not identified it in the past. I am very allergic to Poison Ivy. About every other year, I get a bad reaction (in the eyes...) and end up at the clinic to get my solu-medrol injection, and a tube of triamcinolone acetonide (a corticosteroid ointment-inexpensive). The solumedrol shot is worth it's weight in gold, and is a common, inexpensive med. (I'm a former ER RN, the med is often used in Respiratory Distress in the ER...)
Went detecting last Sunday on a poison ivy infested hill side, despite the risk. I know without a doubt that my skin made direct contact with poisonous leaves, stems and roots many times while digging. Those contaminted hands were frequently wiping sweat and bugs from my face as well.
I found the touch me not nearby and crushed the stalks in my hands, extracting the water, effectively washing my hands with it on three occassions.
The result: 5 to 6 small blisters on my right hand showed up Thursday. Likely a result of not using the touch me not quickly enough. I normally experience more severe reactions.
Thanks again! PS: My Granny taught me a lot of that herbal stuff, but I was young and not enough of it "took". lol.

[creekrat]

hey jeff ,,that dang burn stuff get between my fingers,agervates the devil out of me.glad that it helped ya.old timers never had a er room to go to so they had to use what god put in these hills to heal em,take care glad it helped you CREEKRAT (hatfield country)

[Ron Hall]

Wayne Co., WV cure for those little blisters between your fingers is Clorox! Burns it right off but be careful on what part of the body you use it.

[smartfox]

never had poison ivy before. hope i never will.

[journeyoftheanimals]

Is it true that the reaction to poison ivy is an allergic reaction? So if you are not allergic to it then you will have no reaction? Someone told me this once and I tended to believe them because I have never gotten a reaction from what people have told me is poison ivy. I mean I was always running around everywhere in shorts and no shoes and never had any problems.


Well except the one time I sat on a fire ant hill in Florida.