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sl8

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5. Heat.

Reply to Beachnutt (Original post)

Wed Aug 14, 2024, 04:09 PM

Aug 2024

Apply very, very hot water. It will itch intensely, then subside after a few minutes. It gives me relief for at least an hour or two, sometimes more. I'd do that before bedtime and it was enough relief to let me fall asleep.

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Anybody got a good remedy for poison ivy ? [View all] Beachnutt Aug 2024 OP

Nope. Not completely. Jirel Aug 2024 #1

Thanks Beachnutt Aug 2024 #2

Yep....as the old song says.... democratsruletheday Aug 2024 #11

I like topical benadryl or caladryl bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #3

I once knew a guy who claimed he was immune from poison ivy bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #9

Domeboro medicated soak rash relief. steventh Aug 2024 #4

Heat. sl8 Aug 2024 #5

I went to war against it. GreenWave Aug 2024 #6

Try Epsom Salts or a Black Tea (or both together) Cool Bath MrWowWow Aug 2024 #7

Aspirin, swallowed, and an alcohol, menthol and lidocaine solution Easterncedar Aug 2024 #8

I do not know about poison ivy but cool compresses helps when i have a eczema flare. BoomaofBandM Aug 2024 #10

Make it a baking soda paste, not in a liquidity water solution, but a somewhat solid paste, put on, let it solidify, SWBTATTReg Aug 2024 #12

Before, during, and after. usonian Aug 2024 #13

I agree 100% OKIsItJustMe Aug 2024 #14