[pct-l] poison oak prevention & recovery

[gary_schenk at verizon.net]

 Growing in the same ecosystem as poison oak, at least in SoCal, is the plant mugwort. If you think you've come into contact with PO, rub the leaves of the mugwort plant on the contaminated spot, and it's problem solved.

Gary
 

On 04/03/14, River Malcolm wrote:

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 
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