I Itch......

[Tink]

You can get the oil off clothes, so be sure to wash what ever you were wearing before you wear it again... jackets and such are often the culprit and the darn stuff stays on them for a year or more!

I use tea tree oil to get rid of the itch. Straight out of the bottle. It smells kinda funky, but is better than ripping my hide off itching. My allergy to the sun looks and feels VERY much like poison ivy rash, so I deal with it every spring/summer. Right now my nose and left forearm are broke out. I hate it!

[DianaB]

Wow! You guys came up with some really interesting remedies for poison ivy. I'm still gently rubbing and still have the blisters on some of it. I've just been keeping Hydrocortisone plus on it and it really seems to help. I just put it on when it starts itching again. If I had it a lot worse I'd be trying a lot of your ideas, except for the peeing on it! I'm not sure about that one!

As far as having poison ivy spread if a blister breaks....I have had it spread when I've had it bad enough and that's no fun! Poison ivy is also more potent at different times of the year. There are times that the oils are more likely to get on you than at other times.

The birds eat the berries and then they poop the seeds out. That's how it's getting started in my yard and around. I'm going to have to fill a sprayer and go after it!!! Maybe I'll wrap up like a mummy first.........