Poison Ivy remedies?

[Rolex]

I've found shaving the pubes works much better, for one you don't have to worry about discoloring them when using bleach and two it makes your johnson look bigger!



-Michael

I think you're confusing that with the cure for crabs.
You shave one half of your pubic hair, then set fire to the other half
When they come running out, you stab them with an ice pick.

 

[Revo]

I feel for ya, I got poison oak 10days ago finally went to the dr last Friday he gave me Prednisone and I've been taking benadryll also. Its still alittle itchy but is drying up. Also abuddy of mine told me to take a raw patatoe cut slices fm it and rub it on the blotches the startch helps to dry it out. So far so good. I'm 43 hunt, fish spent 13yrs in the service rolling around in the woods and this is the 1st time I've gotten it. Hope ya feel better.

 

[4u2nv]

Thanks man. So Far it hasnt spread at all, but itches like nuts. I'm still using calamine lotion and I guess itching is a good sign? Means its drying out I guess. Least thats what I was told. Now every other itch I have I get all paranoid not to scratch it..lol.. I've been putting peroxide on it once a day and putting on calamine lotion when it needs it. I looked a couple days ago for Technu and couldnt find any. I was going to order it from the site but they said it would take a week to get it.. By then I'm hoping its gone or close too. So far its going away good (Knock on wood).

 

[Revo]

Dont itch it jst keep washing it and wash ur hands ALOT everytime I put calamine on I washed my hands b4 and after. Especially if ya gotta use the bathroom dont want that stuff spreading on ole Mr Johnson lol. Do a google search on poison ivy and it'll tell you exactly what to use.

 

[rocknbil]

So Far it hasnt spread at all, but itches like nuts. I'm still using calamine lotion and I guess itching is a good sign?

I'm telling you, calmine only drys out the skin, makes it more itchy. Get Lanacane to control the itch, the less you itch the faster it will stop itching.

......and I have 5 acres covered in it.

You are just at the tail end of beating it down for the summer. We had an ocean of it here.

Get Roundup, not the whimpy econo grade but the concentrate. It will set you back about $40 for a quart but that covers about two acres for a season. Follow the instructions, but make it only double strength. So if it calls for 2 oz/gallon (I think,) use 4 oz/gallon - no more.

Spray it on the leaves early in the morning, just the leaves. It will be brown in two days, and gone for the summer. Next spring cut down the dead canes and treat any newbies.

The logic: Many people fear chemical treatments because they don't know how it works. If you spray only the leaves, the plant absorbs it like water. It travels throughout the plant and prevents it from creating clorophyl, and dies. Whole plant, roots and all, and it won't be back. If you only spray the leaves, by the time it kills the plant it degrades and doesn't poison the ground water. It's only dangerous if you a) over-medicate and b) spray it into the ground. Doesn't work that way anyway.

If you wait until it's too hot, the plants' "pores" start to close up to retain water, and it doesn't work as well. You have about three weeks to kill that crap off.

We're down to only a few spots here and there after 4 years of spring-early summer sprays.

 

[4u2nv]

I'm telling you, calmine only drys out the skin, makes it more itchy. Get Lanacane to control the itch, the less you itch the faster it will stop itching.

Honestly it doesn't itch that bad. Theres times where it will a little bit, I put calamine on it, and its done itching. I thought a person wants it to dry out?

 

[Monkey Wrench]

I'm glad you're only getting a few small patches, Andy. My skin is hypersensitive to Poison Ivy! Two summers ago I cleared some brush behind my neighbors fence line and was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I ended up getting that crap on my eyelids, arms, legs and because I just kept scratching it it ended up on my face, chest...just about everywhere!

Ended up having to go to the doctor and get three prednisone shots and a 'script for more. I was in utter agony!

Man, just thinking about it makes me itchy!

 

[TalonOne]

I'm telling you, calmine only drys out the skin, makes it more itchy. Get Lanacane to control the itch, the less you itch the faster it will stop itching.



You are just at the tail end of beating it down for the summer. We had an ocean of it here.

Get Roundup, not the whimpy econo grade but the concentrate. It will set you back about $40 for a quart but that covers about two acres for a season. Follow the instructions, but make it only double strength. So if it calls for 2 oz/gallon (I think,) use 4 oz/gallon - no more.

Spray it on the leaves early in the morning, just the leaves. It will be brown in two days, and gone for the summer. Next spring cut down the dead canes and treat any newbies.

The logic: Many people fear chemical treatments because they don't know how it works. If you spray only the leaves, the plant absorbs it like water. It travels throughout the plant and prevents it from creating clorophyl, and dies. Whole plant, roots and all, and it won't be back. If you only spray the leaves, by the time it kills the plant it degrades and doesn't poison the ground water. It's only dangerous if you a) over-medicate and b) spray it into the ground. Doesn't work that way anyway.

If you wait until it's too hot, the plants' "pores" start to close up to retain water, and it doesn't work as well. You have about three weeks to kill that crap off.

We're down to only a few spots here and there after 4 years of spring-early summer sprays.

Rockin....I know you are right....I have the concentrate....I have the sprayer.....I am just too lazy to get after it.......but I know I need to...


Maybe I will just hire someone to get out here and do it for me

Thanks for the prod though.

Mike