Super Fitness Health BlogWhat Homeremedy You Will Try After Getting Contact With Poison Ivy?
This is the story of my trial of the method and of the evidence that it was not an error: One day last spring I began to feel the burning, itching irritation on the calf’s of my legs which I knew was the result of contact with poison ivy. The blisters had started and I had broken one or two of them accidentally before I had realized I had been affected.
I knew it was important to prevent the poisoning from spreading, so I washed the affected spots with strong soapy water, being careful not to wet the surrounding areas. I also knew it was essential to keep skin irritations of this kind absolutely dry. After washing the affected spots again, just to be sure they were perfectly clean, I therefore proceeded as follows:
After the second washing, I left the poisoned areas soapy. Then I stuck two or three layers of clean tissue paper onto the wet, soapy parts and waited for them to dry. When the tissue was well dried I put strips of clear Scotch tape over the edges to keep the paper in place, and then I put my stockings on again. My theory behind this procedure was that the tissue paper would absorb the ooze from the poisoned skin and thus by keeping the areas quite dry would accelerate their healing and at the same time prevent the poison from spreading. Well, it worked like a charm. In less than 24 hours the itching had ceased and there wasn’t a sign of spreading. The method was a complete success.
It’s very important, of course, to take measures to check ivy poisoning as soon as it is recognized. Otherwise it may become quite a serious. problem. Another all-important thing is that you must restrain the urge to scratch the poisoned areas. This may not be so easy, but if you really make up your mind not to scratch, and then exercise your full willpower, you probably won’t find it so terribly difficult.
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