When I was a child in Illinois, we ran around in the woods and canyons and
every summer brought us another experience or two with poison ivy. Kids
whose folks had more money than ours went to the doctor when they caught
poison ivy, and they usually were sporting white calamine lotion on their
blisters right afterwards. It looked interesting, but I don't think it
speeded their recovery, although it may have helped ease the itching. At
our house, the treatment of choice was laundry bleach, right out of the
bottle. I don't know who shared that home remedy with us. Presumably, it
tended to help dry up the blisters, although if put on open blisters, it
stung like fury. Even today, sixty years later, when I smell bleach, it
takes me back to those summers instantly, like being transported in a time
machine!
Marlys
From: Pat [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 6:15 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>Poison Ivy
I had poison ivy last summer and used colloidal silver
and DMSO. I just applied each at different times,
since I hadn't heard about mixing them. I was scared
of the DMSO since I'd never used it and didn't apply
it more than twice a day. I think the blisters dried
faster than usual, but the whole episode still took
two weeks to clear up.
Pat
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