On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 23:31:29 -0400, "Robert Ratliff" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Jewel weed (touch me not) both the tame and wild variety work extremely well >for me. Yup. Used that over 20 years ago on poison ivy (friend had it -- I'm not sensitive). Make a tincture (soak leaves in ethyl alcohol -- Vodka -- for a few days) and store in refrigerator. HOWEVER!! ... I've found that melaleuca oil in an ointment or other concoction might be even better. Another friend of mine had poison oak for weeks, bad enough to have a complete bandage on his arm (to protect it from more infection, apparently). I provided some melaleuca ointment and it cleared up within 3-4 days. >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 12:45 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: CS>Poison Ivy > >2 year old is doing better with his cold. Now, 13 year old has come down >with another bout of poison ivy! He is one of those who for some reason >cannot go near it or he breaks out terribly. He has had it off and on all >summer since we moved out to the country. The problem is that even though >he >knows what it looks like and even though he wears long pants, he still >manages to get it. The last bout was awful! All over his body and it drove >him nuts. Any chance that anyone has had any good experience with cs and >poison ivy??? > >Thanks. >Marlene ><")))>< -- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moines (CDP, KB0ZDF) -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
