You might want to try a cream called Calendula, this works quite well with poison ivy. It can be found in any store that sells homeopathy meds. ( healthfood) Mary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex Doane" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 1:26 AM Subject: CS>Bentonite - was: Re:Poison Ivy > I mentioned this application of Bentonite for Poison Ivy to my wife -- she > related that a friend got lead toxicity from bentonite. Our Naturopath > explained that there are many grades of bentonite. He recommended only > pharmaceutical grade bentonite, not food grade. > > I don't know much about the factors involved but I did a search on the terms > "bentonite" and "pharmaceutical" and got back hundreds of pages. One of > them, Southern Clay Products, at http://www.gelwhite.com/phar/index.html > shows several different pharmaceutical grade bentonite products: > One of them, GELWHITE HNF lists 0.884 ppm lead. > They seem to indicate the limit for Pharmaceutical grade is 40 ppm, and the > limit for Purified Pharmaceutical Bentonite is 15 ppm. These are CFTA > guidelines, whatever that is. > > I found some info on Dr. Schulze's detox program at > http://www.projectenlightenment.com/schulze1.html > he lists pharmaceutical grade bentonite as one of the ingredients. > > Don't have any more info now, but it bears checking out further. > > Rex > > > > > > a few ideas. In a bath, put four cup of pure bentonite and some baking > > soda. Bentonite is one of the handiest things to have around. Have > > used it for many things. I buy a 50-lb bag from well drillers. Be sure > > to ask for pure bentonite. My brother-in-law puts 4 cups of bentonite > > and 1/2 bottle of peroxide in a hot bath after a day of crawling under > > houses fixing pipes. Really helps the aching joints. > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > <")))>< > > > > > > > -- > 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]> > >
