Farmer's Friend Poison Ivy Soap works really well.
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Immediately but her on a non-fat diet. It may keep it from blistering.
Do you have fresh jewelweed growing there? Plantain, Chickweed? We don't have jewelweed here around me-I wish we did. If you do, that would be great. Put in a blender ( juicer, whatever ), and if you're able, a bit of Plantain and Chickweed in the mix (though keep it mostly jewelweed) and add some alcohol to preserve. Then put this in an atomizer and spray it on, til relief gets to the point where you can touch it. Or you could freeze the juices and thaw as needed, to avoid needing to add the alcohol at all. The jewelweed plantain, chickweed soaked into a wash cloth can just be blotted over the sites if it is not too sensitive to touch.
Another thing is oats and chamomile baths - infuse with boiling water, cool in covered container then soaked in a wash cloth which help them immensely. Cold packs can be soothing.
If you have lavender essential oil ( not scent quality, but the real thing ) add just a little and I mean less than 2 drops per cup of liquid, might add additional comfort.
Or make a simple sort of poultice. Put some cheesecloth on the site, pour some liquid (recommendation above, or your choice) on the cheesecloth and keep it moist, if necessary reapplying the liquid, for an hour at a time.
Also, you could try plain aloe vera juice. That might be comforting...
Or wrap a frozen gel pack onto the poultice . . .
Alot of choices. Hope this helps, Sue
PS. wash everything that was touched with the gloves-all her clothes etc.
Laura McKenzie
She had them on and walked up
to me with her hands over her face!
She is allergic to nearly everything chemical (I'm afraid to use technu
cream... or whatever that stuff is I have in the cabinet). We've washed
three or four times with soap and water and I ran a little bit of alcohol
over her face. I'm afraid to use anything else. Any ideas? Can Michael
stop at the health food store for something?
Laura
--0-1249817945-1138835517=:68535Immediately but her on a non-fat diet. It may keep it from blistering. Do you have fresh jewelweed growing there? Plantain, Chickweed? We don't have jewelweed here around me-I wish we did. If you do, that would be great. Put in a blender ( juicer, whatever ), and if you're able, a bit of Plantain and Chickweed in the mix (though keep it mostly jewelweed) and add some alcohol to preserve. Then put this in an atomizer and spray it on, til relief gets to the point where you can touch it. Or you could freeze the juices and thaw as needed, to avoid needing to add the alcohol at all. The jewelweed plantain, chickweed soaked into a wash cloth can just be blotted over the sites if it is not too sensitive to touch. Another thing is oats and chamomile baths - infuse with boiling water, cool in cove!
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container then soaked in a wash cloth which help them immensely. Cold packs can be soothing. If you have lavender essential oil ( not scent quality, but the real thing ) add just a little and I mean less than 2 drops per cup of liquid, might add additional comfort. Also, you could try plain aloe vera juice. That might be comforting... Or wrap a frozen gel pack onto the poultice . . .. Alot of choices. Hope this helps, Sue PS. wash everything that was touched with the gloves-all her clothes etc. Laura McKenzie <laurabrownmckenzie@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> wrote:
She had them on and walked up
to me with her hands over her face!
She is allergic to nearly everything chemical (I'm afraid to use technu
cream... or whatever that stuff is I have in the cabinet). We've washed
three or four times with soap and water and I ran a little bit of alcohol
over her face. I'm afraid to use anything else. Any ideas? Can Michael
stop at the health food store for something?
Laura
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No, its not me this time! Sean left his gloves lay down this afternoon
where the five year old could pick them up. She had them on and walked up
to me with her hands over her face!
She is allergic to nearly everything chemical (I'm afraid to use technu
cream... or whatever that stuff is I have in the cabinet). We've washed
three or four times with soap and water and I ran a little bit of alcohol
over her face. I'm afraid to use anything else. Any ideas? Can Michael
stop at the health food store for something?
Laura
Lucy, she's gonna love that!
her.
Lucy, thank you so much!
Laura
can you wash her with tea tree oil soap or tea tree oil and soap? TTO
will get rid of the ushric (sp?) acid that is the active ingredient in PI.
Lucy
Laura,
If you were able to wash her face within the 5-10 minute window after
exposure, she should be OK. I've read that if you wash within that time
frame you won't be affected...I've found this to be true having been =
exposed
countless times and washed right away with no adverse reaction. And =
believe
me, I'm VERY sensitive to PI.
Deb
Behalf
Of Laura McKenzie
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 4:41 PM
To: OGL@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: poison ivy ideas?
No, its not me this time! Sean left his gloves lay down this afternoon
where the five year old could pick them up. She had them on and walked =
up
to me with her hands over her face!
Update.... The little red head has only one blister on the entire face...
one pin prick. Thank you everyone! We dodged a bullet there!
Sean had been pulling out ivy roots and stems (its not leafed out yet) in
the area where we want our new berry patch to go. I decided after we got
started working on it to widen it. It is now 20 feet by 15 feet and will
have a path of some sort in it. The edges will hold vegetables and flowers
of course : ) I found room for more vegetables! I hope it doesn't look
awful when we're done. My design sense is very much lacking and my dear
sister-in-law (a home designer who just finished courses in designing green
homes, commercial buildings and parks) can only do so much over the phone
with me! I have to say that getting the honeysuckle and poison ivy pulled
went a long way in making it look nice.
