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GuitaRgrrl: 8 months ago

What are some home remedies for poison ivy?

I have it on my legs.

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BruceShields: 8 months ago

* Baking Soda Bath: Use lots of baking soda and hot water (as hot as you can stand it).

* Epsom Salt Wrap: To help with itching, dip a clean cloth in a strong solution of Epsom salts & water then cover the affected area with the cloth and bandage.

* Apple Cider Vinegar & Oatmeal Bath: Add 1 cup of each to a bath and soak. You can also try dabbing apple cider vinegar on rash for relief.

* Oatmeal Paste: Mix water and oatmeal to make a paste then apply to affected area, allow to dry before reapplying.

* Diaper Rash or Hemorrhoid Ointment: If you’re in a pinch and you have one of these on hand, they can help reduce the painful itch and swelling.

* White Household Vinegar: Either add a few cups to bath water or dab directly onto skin. You can also mix with salt before applying.

* Buttermilk: Add a couple cups to bath water or mix with a bit of sea salt and dab directly onto skin.

* Honey: Smear over rash area as needed for relief.

* Banana peel: Rub the inside of the peel over the affected area.

* Calamine Lotion: Apply generously on skin as often as needed.

* Aloe Vera Gel: Apply over affected area as often as needed.

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Lyra96: 8 months ago

calamine lotion

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MeganFessakRN: 8 months ago

Ask for 'Phenolated Calamine' lotion @ your Pharmacy. It is far better than Regular Calamine, & dries it up much faster. Also be sure & take a daily dose of Benadryl or Allegra as well, until all itching subsides.

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nickydale: 8 months ago

this is gonna sound extreme but straight bleach applied with cotton balls is the best dries it right up.

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xXSimplyXx: 8 months ago

calamine lotion.rub it all over where its at and it should help with itching.it will make your skin pink until you wash it off (:

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DrBrian: 8 months ago

Naturally enough, I prefer to use homeopathic remedies. It is worth taking a bottle of homeopathic Rhus tox with you when walking in areas infested by poison oak or poison ivy. Many homeopathic remedies can be purchased over the counter in health food stores or specialty food stores. They come as drops or as tablets, usually 30C strength, but any potency will help. Here are the five best ones to consider.
1. Rhus tox This remedy is actually made from poison ivy, so it is specific for most miseries inflicted by the plant. It is used when the eyes are swollen shut and rash is better from warm water application.
2. Arnica treats a rash that has transparent blisters. The skin feels hot.
3. Apis can be used when the rash is red and filled with fluid, or if there is swelling in the area of the rash.
4. Kali sulf is used on poison ivy rash that is yellow or full of pus, especially if the pus is yellow.
5. Sulphur. The rash is worse when you first get into bed and with scratching or bathing. The rash is dry and crusty. The person needing Sulphur will scratch the itch until it bleeds.

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barneycool123: 8 months ago | Last edited at 7:53PM on 9/12/2012

some kind of lotion??????????????or something like that I don't really know he he

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bugniator1998: 8 months ago

Bleach works well if is open and you can stand the pain. Benadryl at night so you don't scratch while you are sleeping..
by the way calmine lotion is a joke... you get pink stuff all over everything and it never helps.. just saying

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