Louis jordan (North Carolina) on 09/25/2022
Jean-o-mac (Texas) on 06/06/2019
This sounds insane, but I took a wash cloth and dipped it in water that is 155 degrees and then slapped it over the area and did my crazy lady dance until the burning stopped. It took out the itch and within a day or 2 it has started to scab over and dry up. I have had no more itching since the HOT steam bath. Here is what I did….I dipped the cloth in water 155 degree (120 will work find) then I left the wash cloth on until it cooled down. Then I immediately did it a second time! After it cooled down I hit it a third time and waited again until it cooled down. This works great for insect bites like chiggars, mosquitos, tick bites, bee/wasp stings…anything that stings or itches. HOT HOT water.
NOTE: It does not work on brown recluse or black widow spider bites.
Amk7381 (Millington, Mi) on 04/27/2017
dosage is 5 pills every 8 hours or so. This is a homeopathic medicine with no side effects. It stops the allergic reaction to poison oak / ivy and will totally knock it out within 2 or 3 days.
Supertigertv (San Francisco, Ca) on 09/09/2015
Please see the news story below and be careful of what you ingest when in the presence of strangers who may mean to cast a bad image on the practice of non-pharmaceutical drug medicine.
I just want to set forth my most surprising experience with homeopathic medicine. It involves the use of a medicine called "Rhus Toxicana" which is basically a tiny amount of poison oak in the form of a tiny pill taken under the tongue.
The first time I had gotten Poison Oak from Golden Gate Park in 1994 was the first time in my life. I couldn't believe how horrible it was and went to the medical doctor for treatment, literally fearing that I had contracted some sort of Plague. I had a red, weepy, oozing horrible crusty huge itchy wound across the entire front of my shin. I was sent to a "specialist" doctor who charged a huge fee and prescribed expensive anti-inflammatory drugs that basically did nothing for my misery. It took about a month to completely heal.
The second time I accidentally got poison oak yet AGAIN (probably from my dog who loved to bound into bushes) I was in complete despair to recognize the tell tale symptoms taking over. I loudly complained to friends that I didn't want to waste a bunch of money yet again and be in misery for a month (again). A friend suggested I try the homeopathy treatment called "Rhus Toxicana." I had absolutely no belief in the idea that something so low cost and incomprehensible to me in method could work but I really had nothing to lose. It did not only work it worked OVER NIGHT. So quickly and so cheaply and so completely did this natural cure solve my skin problem that it continued what has become a very enthusiastic hobby in personal testing of natural cures every chance I get. THANK YOU EARTH CLINIC! I was surprised no one else had mentioned this so I am taking the time to list it but perhaps it was just a fluke that happened to only me who knows for sure? My friend did say that historically men who had to work on telephone and electric lines would actually EAT poison ivy to develop immunity to it in order to deal properly with daily exposure to the annoying plant.
Suzy (Eugene, Oregon) on 07/10/2015
http://www.jocosarblog.org/jocosarblog/2013/08/poison-oak-vs-cert.html
The treatment is PECTIN... the blog refers to the Certo brand (not much competition on in the PECTIN business, so I would think MCP would work as well)
From that Blog...
"This information was first posted in on July 1,2009. We re-post it here for the benefit of the firefighters who may be looking for a way to minimize the unpleasant effects of poison oak exposure. Since its original posting, I have only heard more and more personal accounts of how using liquid pectin, CERTO, has greatly reduced the extent of eruptions of poison oak and their duration.
Years on the rope rescue team, we were often required us to wrap rope through posion oak for anchors, to walk through it, repel into it, and generally stay exposed without a chance to wash the oils off for many hours. I am a true-believer in this stuff. If you, too, get miserable from poison oak, consider it. You buy it in a grocery store where it is usually found with canning supplies (for jelly).
.....Virtually everyone who has taken their OSSA academy training in Josephine County has heard about using CERTO to prevent and/or treat skin eruptions caused by poison oak. There are no formal drug trials on its efficacy, but anecdotal testimonials abound.....
The dosing regimens I have heard used vary widely, but most use 1 Tablespoon of CERTO daily till gone to prevent outbreaks and 1T twice a day til the package is empty if you already have symptoms. We take ours straight off the spoon, but many mix theirs with guava juice, grape juice, cranapple or any other strongly flavored juice. Possible "side effects" appear to be a slight reduction in your cholesterol, risk of colon cancer and arthritis symptoms. Can't get "side effects" like those from too many medications. There doesn't seem to be any consensus on how often to take CERTO prophylactically, but its effect seems to last at least a month.
Pam (Carpinteria, California) on 08/13/2012
Quiet (Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Usa) on 05/15/2012
1--wash with gentle soap, before or with baking soda, using tepid water, not hot. (alkalizes, exfoliates. )
2--dab with 3% hydrogen peroxide (the kind you can gargle with, straight). Let that dry, or dab it dry.
3--cover with thin film of tea tree oil, or tea tree oil/vitamin E oil.
4--cover with thin film of organic extra virgin coconut oil.
[at this point, the itching should stop. ]
5--paint with very thin coat of 30% zinc with castor oil "butt paste. " (Find it in the baby aisle. )
6--I also took turmeric (spice rack) and black pepper in water--1 tsp turmeric with dash of pepper, three times daily.
7--Drink plenty of water throughout the day.
That's it. Do the topical application 2X daily, for rapid results. Once daily is not quite enough. *Continue treating effected areas for at least a week after you think you have it all under control, or it may return.*
Be sure to *use bleach* on on linens, and clothing, as well. If you are sensitive to bleach, as I am, run fabric through the rinse cycle a couple of extra times. Use a hot dryer when possible.
Doctor's *full spectrum* antibiotic, issued to me before even a lab test, DID NOT WORK for me. This is the first time I have ever experienced this malady, and I hope it will be the last. Wouldn't wish this on anyone.
*Thanks* to all who posted before me on www.earthclinic.com. Without you, I would not have known where to begin.
To your health, Kay
(female, 50, 120 pounds, blond, sensitive skin)
Becca (Helena, Mt, Usa) on 08/19/2011
I was picking blackberries in Oregon and a few days later I started getting a rash on my wrist. I realized it was poison oak. I did some searches on the net and found that peppermint and franckinsense oil helped others... I used them... It helped me too... and it took the itch out and made it feel cool. It dried up in about 3 days.
Cleoppa (Cleburne, Tx) on 09/25/2010
My cousin and I stumbled into some poison oak. We weren't sure if it even was poison oak, but I did some research and heard that rhus tox was helpful. Shortly, we started itching. We went and got some rhus tox. It was amazing. Every time we just barely started tingling that said it was starting to itch, we took another one. Hardly itched at all. This sold me on homeopathy. Before then I wasn't entirely convinced of it.
Jan (Monroe, OR) on 10/15/2007
Marica P (sausalito, usa) on 11/16/2007
