Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Justin.schmidt23 on August 24, 2016, 12:42:06 am
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Apparently I had the bright idea to go tracking through the woods the other day in shorts and a tank top (it's hot down here in Florida don't judge) well while I was hacking away at the insane about of vines trying to kill my trees apparently I got into some poison ivy. Right in the crease oppisite my elbow. Been walking around the house smelling like vinegar for 2 days.
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Accursed weed... sucks
Manchineel sounds even worse though. And it grows in Florida. ... don't die
Wonder if it makes bows :\
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Definitely not worth the chance lol I'll stick to my hackberry
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At least it's endangered..
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Do you have indian jewel weed down there?
It can be used to prevent and treat poison ivy rashes. Up here it tends to grow in close proximity to the ivy.
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Unfortunately I don't think we do but man would that be nice
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I can look at it and get the shivers...Had my eyes swelled shut twice as a youngster and now I am a pro at spotting it...Cut into a vine in the dead of the winter with and old climbing model stand and it busted my face open near my cheek :(...It drained for days and finally healed.
Don
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Wow that really sucks man. Apparently scrubbing with dawn dish soap within a few hours helps alot
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Yep, it and poison oak are nasty. It is all over my place so I have to be careful as I am pretty sensitive to the dang stuff. >:(
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I hate it too. It loves me I get it from the dust or dirt it grows in too. you don't want to breath the smoke when it burns get it in your lungs. the only product I've found that works good is Zanfel. Homemade lye soap helped some if I lather up and let it dry on for awhile. If I even think I may have had contact I wash really good with soap as soon as I can.
bjrogg
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If you know you just got in to PI wash the area with Dawn dish soap and warm water. What you are doing is removing the oils that cause the contact dermatitis. A product called Tech-Nu has a wash for after or a shield if you are planning to get into PI.
We have Jewel weed here too. It is a native Impatient so maybe the commercial impatients would have the same properties.
The best thing to do is learn to ID PI so you don't get covered in it. It grows in a couple of different forms from a low growing ground plant to a large vine with branches that stick straight out from the vine. Around here I've seen PI vines that are 4"+ in diameter.
An old adage about PI is..."leaves of 3, let it be!"
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As a kid I had no reaction to it at all. None. My friends and I would go somewhere and I would be the only one not to come home with it. Laugh...I thought that was just too funny...until I got it around 40 years of age. Had no idea what it was but I knew it wasn't PI. It was, and it was all over me. I guess something changed in me. But I can walk past it now and get it. I have used Tech Nu that Pat mentioned and it works ok. No jewel weed around here, but, someone told me to rub Elk Thistle on the soars. We dont have that either, but I gathered up our local thistle and rubbed the sap from it on the blisters. It helped with the itching a bit and I have used it since. Placebo maybe but if it works it works.
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Honestly what I have found that relieves my itching is scrub it with dawn and a rag, Pat dry, spray a vinegar salt solution and while it's wet sprinkle baby powder on. Idk exactly what the baby powder does but man does it help!
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Caladryl(sp) or Calamine(sp) lotion works to eliminate the itching. Once the dermatitis erupts if you use something to dry it out will help keep it from itching other than that you just have to wait for it to heal. Folks around here wipe it with Clorox. For bad cases you can get a cortisone shot to help control the itch.
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Check this out:
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/62381/Interesting-about-how-to-stop-Poison-Ivy-in-its-tracks?page=1#.V77jh2WMDBI
WA
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I don't have anything to add for what to do when the itching has already started..... I watched a video a couple of years ago that some doctor posted on youtube about how to prevent the rash and it has made my time outdoors a lot more enjoyable. Like Pat said, it has to do with getting the oil off of your skin. You have to wash like a mechanic would if he were trying to get grease off his hands. A wash cloth with some abrasive scrubbing is the ticket. Dawn dishwashing liquid and warm water used vigorously within a few hours of being exposed to the poison will really prevent most of the bad consequences. Our woods are lousy with poison oak and ivy and I used to manage a couple of bouts of misery a year until I started doing this. Soap up your rag and wash the hell out of your hands, wrists, between the fingers, back of the forearms, EVERYWHERE that it could have touched you. Then dry it off. Wipe it off with a damp clean washcloth. Hard dry scrubbing like you mean it. Then a normal hand washing and dry with a clean towel. I follow this routine after cutting bushes, hanging treestands, etc. and I have never had a breakout after scrubbing in this manner. If I forget, then I am reminded :(.