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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Sep 18, 2009, at 3:29 AM, Rob wrote:

> When it's fresh, just starting to itch, vinegar poured on it works.
> It burns/stings a little then it stops and the poison ivy is not a
> problem anymore.

Perhaps the combination helps--we always use vinegar to neutralize the  
alkalinity of the cement powder on our skin. My sense of it is that  
when the cement powder dries, the weeping is stopped and the itch does  
not occur. I did it because it was expedient. It worked. Now, a few  
days later, the rash is diminishing. The duration seems shorter.