The following were recommended by various people for poison ivy when this came up on the Beck'n'stuff list:
I have had very good results with jewel weed and plantain. A cool tea compress of jewel weed is surprisingly soothing. Plantain can just be harvested from your yard, crushed and the fresh juice applied. When I were a youngster I would get into poison ivy regularly. When the first blisters would erupt, Mom would be sure to dry the oozing to a crust with a hair dryer then put "Testors" type plastic model glue all over the eruption and surrounding skin to keep air from the thing. Care was taken to keep the covering of glue sealed. In a couple of days the eruption drys up and peels off without scarring. I think it was this list someone wrote about zinc oxide. I bought some for bug bites and it does have an extrememly soothing, drying effect and is so cheap. The directions speak of using it on poison ivy. Here is what "Back To Eden" says about poison ivy and poison oak: (in part) The following herbs are good for poison ivy and poison oak: lobelia, golden seal, myrrh, echinacea, bloodroot, and solomon's seal. A strong tea made of equal parts of white oak bark and lime water is very good for both. Apply a bandage with this solution and change it as often as it gets dry. Aloe vera juice can be applied directly to the rash to help stop the itching. PS...Back To Eden by Jethro Kloss & The Scientific Validation Of Herbal Medicine by Daniel B. Mowrey, Ph.D. should be in every "do-it-yourselfers" library. I'm in the UK where we thankfully don't have such hostile flora :-) Good luck, Paul H ----- Original Message ----- From: "DByron" <laqueren...@mindspring.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:15 PM Subject: CS>hives > > Can anyone tell me whether there is a safe for humans steroid available > commercially through farm co-ops that would treat hives (allergic > reaction probably to poison ivy). > > Thanks, > Deborah > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
