POISON IVY AND ITS TREATEMENT The following files on First Aid come from News groups so enjoy! Many of them files deal with Poison Ivy and its treatement! August 1996 Newsgroups: misc.survivalism Subject: Re: Survival:where do I start??? Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 23:21:10 -0500 A. T. Hagan wrote: hambidge@sis.bms.com (Al Hambidge, Jr.) wrote: Once you've got the rash, try some Jewelweed (a marshland plant). I just pack the leaves over the rash and cover it with a loose dressing; seems to dry it right up. Jewelweed is also known in some parts as touch-me-not, because the fruits (small, green, football shape), when ripe, pop open at the slightest touch and release the seeds. It is very good for relieving the itch of poison ivy, though the effect lasts only about half an hour to an hour. Or so say friends and family; I've never had poison ivy. Either I'm immune or very lucky, and all things considered, it's probably the former. :-) Hmm, I thought the cultivated form of Jewelweed is commonly known as Impatiens? I haven't seen Touch Me Nots in a long time, maybe they're related? As Charles Scripter said in another post, just because you're immune doesn't mean you should just ignore the stuff. Until I turned twenty five or so I used to be immune myself. Even used to pull the stuff up when weeding with my bare hands. I brushed some hanging off of a fence while bike riding and thought my finger was going to rot off. It took me the longest time to figure out what the eruption was since I knew I was immune to poision ivy I didn't think that was what it was. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Alan. e-mail c/o dunross@dkeep.com Welcome to walking on the wild side. I had this crap three different times this year so far. I know, I know, stay out of the woods. Best thing I have found is when you know, or think you have been exposed, wash the affected area with lye soap. I now carry a bar in my butt pack when I know I am going out into the woods. ( didn't have with me the last time, because I wasn't expecting on going out, doom on me.) Once it breaks out, use Benadryl Itch Stopping Gel. It REALLY dries the weeping and stops the itching. Best regards, Rick From: campmike@ais.net (Camp Mike) Newsgroups: misc.survivalism Subject: Re: Survival:where do I start??? Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 11:52:40 -0500 hambidge@sis.bms.com (Al Hambidge, Jr.) wrote: In article <31C0E2CC.3F73@fastlane.net, "R. Bowen"