[permaculture] Poison Ivy, prevention & treatment information (revised thread compliation, downloadble file)
Charlotte Dion
cadion at verizon.net
Sat Apr 25 20:53:35 EDT 2009
The first thing to do if you've been working with poison ivy is to wash
exposed areas down with isopropyl alcohol or even cheap vodka to remove
the oils from your skin. Follow up with a good soapy wash and you should
be fine.
Should you have a breakout in a sensitive area (eyelids) first put a
black tea bag compress on the afflicted area for a few minutes. Follow
with an application of either tincture or tea of chickweed, yarrow,
plantain...allowed to dry in place. Finally apply a thin coating of
locally gathered honey. It may itch but it should clear up in a day or
so...don't scratch!
Sorry for the earlier mis-post.
-Charlotte
More information about the permaculture
mailing list