[pct-l] poison oak prevention & recovery

[River Malcolm]

Thanks Dick, good to know about comet and alcohol.

 I bring along “mean green” hand scrubber which Amazon reviewers suggest is the same as the more expensive stuff (technu?). 

BUT despite being a person who can break out if I am within a yard of poison oak, I never needed it last year (hiking sections from Walker Pass to Tuolumne, and Quincy down to Tuolumne), which I attribute to using homeopathic poison oak remedy. Rationally, I don’t believe in homeopathy but practically it has essentially cured my pollen and cat allergies and last year, I suspect, (along with a ton of good luck) prevented poison oak rash. May this year it will work its magic on poodle bush too! I have both Natrabio and Oral Ivy — not sure which I used last year, so I am using both this year. I think Natrabio is more likely to work against Poodle Bush.

Cheers—hope to see you on the trail—I’ll be doing a section from Walker Pass south toward San Gabriels starting next week.

River




Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:52:16 -1000
From: "dick.bingham" <dick.bingham at gmail.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Poison Oak Recovery

Hello All !

I am very allergic to poison-oak and have to be very careful when around the darn stuff. The best method I have found to deal with it once the itch/signs of being affected happen is to make a paste of rubbing alcohol and Comet Cleanser and scrub the region until the skin is just "short"
of being too "pink/bleeding". 

Almost instant relief after which the skin heals. . . . Almost never a problem now that I no longer live in CA !

Dick