[pct-l] poison oak

[jmertes at verizon.net (John Mertes)]

    I've heard Fels Naptha soap (spelling ?) recommended to 
remove/reduce the urishol oil. Never seen/heard any medical or 
scientific evaluation of this use.
    Also I've heard just rinsing the area of suspected contact will 
reduce or eliminate the reaction. Again, I don't have any information on 
medical or scientific evaluation of this. But providing you have the 
water, the rinse certainly cannot hurt.

John

Bighummel@aol.com wrote:

>In geology field work up around Santa Barbara we encountered poison oak every 
>weekend and kept ourselves from getting the rash by washing our clothes after 
>every day in the field and then washing our skin with lava soap.  It is rough 
>and takes off the top layer of dead skin, thus removing any adhered oils.  
>While this is not completely practical on a thru-hike, it is practical to 
>thoroughly wash any exposed skin at every opportunity.
>
>Greg
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