Are there any home remedies that work to cure posion ivy?!


Question: Are there any home remedies that work to cure posion ivy!?
My legs are absolutley covered in it, the entire front of my shins are terrible and bubbled up, if there anything that works quickly and effective!?

i got it last sunday and wanna have it basically gone by next sunday, I apply calamine lotion to it 3 times a day, is there anything that works good!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Probably not for that much of an area!.
You probably need to see a doctor!.!.!.you at least need prednisone or some sort of injectible steroid to help "dry" it up from the inside!. Has it gotten ANY better!?
My grandfather used to take us outside and use table salt to break the blisters and then Ivory soap to clean off the irritant from the poison ivy!. Then he'd cover the area with alcohol, which also helped dry up the oily sap of the poison ivy!.
Hurt like crap, but worked in a couple of days on SMALL areas!.
Check with a doctor, don't take a bath (shower only) and take benadryl if it itches too much!.
I feel for you, man!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

First understand the mechanism of poison Ivy!. It is an oil from the plant!. So wash any place that is exposed with cold water and soap as soon as possible!. Cold water closes the pours and prevents the oil from getting under the skin, the soap will remove the oil!.

There are over the counter pills available at many pharmacies!. Called "Poison Ivy Extract" made by Washington Homeopathic Products!. - THEY WORK, if you take them before you go into the woods, you won't get poison ivy, if you take them after it will make them go away much faster!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Find some jewelweed!. (Link is pictures!.) They're about 4 feet high and grow everywhere poison ivy is found!. They have orange/yellow flowers and exploding seed pods!. (Seriously!. Squeeze them and they explode)
Take a stalk, split it open, and rub the juice on the afflicted area!. It also works on mosquito bites!.
If it weren't for a ready available supply of this near my house, I would have died of itchy by the time I was nine!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

This is an old army trick I have used for years!. Take a fine sandpaper and go over the poison ivy just enough to break the blisters (VERY LIGHTLY)!. Then put you favorite movie on and sit down!. Take a couple of papertowels and soak them in rubbing alcohol, place them over the broken blisters!. It dont sting as much as u would think!. Your poison ivy will be gone by the next day!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Oatmeal!.and Aloe!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

my mom got this gel called calagel it goes away in a day or so!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

lye soap!.!.go get yourself some I had to for my son!.sorry its a pain in the buttWww@Answer-Health@Com





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