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a couple years ago I had made a salve with a bunch of jewelweed and a couple handfuls of yarrow leaves and plantain leaves. I think I soaked them (dried form) in castor oil and later added beeswax ro make salve. Its been in my fridge for 2 years.
This summer my friend got a part time landscaping job and he thinks he got into some poison ivy. His forearms were red and blotchy but hadnt yet formed blisters. He asked if I still had some salve, so I gave him some. The next day I texted him at his other job, as a cook, and asked him how the salve worked. I was curious because it was old. He answered, " it worked like a magic eraser" . He's the kind of guy that jokes around alot, so I asked him if he was serious. He said yeah, an that everywhere he put it was almost totaly gone. My wife and I went up to his work to eat dinner and I saw his arms, myself. I could hardly see any redness or raised inflamed skin.
Another thing im curious about is I just saw a video on "old people smell" and apparently it's a real thing and it's an oil our body produces as we age. This oil binds to our skin and no amount of washing with soap will remove the oil or smell. Apparently, a japanese persimmon fruit negates this oil and binds to it and removes it from the skin... I was wondering if this might also bind to urishol oil of poison ivy....anyone ever hear of persimmon as a remedy?
