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sweetnothings
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poison ivy soap recipe?
« on: Jul 13th, 2004, 10:56am » |
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Saw someone on another board talking about this and wondered if anyone has a recipe. My son gets this stuff so bad in the summer that it would be great to be able to make a soap that helps with the itching.
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #1 on: Jul 13th, 2004, 4:34pm » |
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lol..for a minute thought you wanted to add it as an igredient!  lol
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #2 on: Jul 14th, 2004, 3:26pm » |
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Oooh, I want this too! My hubby uses about 4 or 5 of those Burt's Bees Poison Ivy soap bars every few months. He really gets a lot of it working outdoors.
 Anyone gonna share?
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #3 on: Jul 15th, 2004, 6:00am » |
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I have a book at home that has one in it, I think...I'll look tonight.
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #4 on: Jul 15th, 2004, 12:49pm » |
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I am very allergic to Poision Ivy. I recently spoke to someone that had to go to the ER for a cortisone shot after getting a really bad case of PI. It seems like I recall a black soap bar for treating poision ivy or some other type of rash being used when I was a child. It had a medicine type smell that I recall being yuky.  I saw a melt and pour base for black soap somewhere. Humm, I'll check around and see what I come up with.
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #5 on: Jul 16th, 2004, 3:43pm » |
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Last year my 12 year old got PI so bad we had to take him for a prednisone shot, which is steroids. He had it so bad you couldn't tell if had a neck. Just shoulders and a head. LOL
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #6 on: Jul 23rd, 2004, 5:23pm » |
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That probably was prednisone shot like sweetnothings mentioned instead of cortizone in my post. I could not find any type of recipe for PI soap. I learned that the soap I mentioned above was Black Pine Tar Soap. It was suppose to be useful in treating ezema. I can't remember if it actually helped Poision Ivy at all. What sticks out in my memory was the unpleasant smell. I hope someone else responds with a recipe for you.
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #7 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 8:37am » |
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I don't have a recipe, but my husband also had a very bad case a few years ago. He had it everywhere....never pee in the woods while cutting firewood...ahem. Anyway, he had the shot & all of that, but to make the rash dry up we bought some homemade "lye soap". I have no idea what it has in it, but I guess it was what they used to scrub laundry with in the old days. He lathers that up with COLD water & then covers the affected area & leaves it on there & lets it dry. Seems to dry the blisters right up. Seems I remember them telling me that there was a hight amount of lye in it. Anyway, hope that helps.
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #8 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 4:26pm » |
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on Aug 1st, 2004, 8:37am, slaztoo wrote:I don't have a recipe, but my husband also had a very bad case a few years ago. He had it everywhere....never pee in the woods while cutting firewood...ahem. Anyway, he had the shot & all of that, but to make the rash dry up we bought some homemade "lye soap". I have no idea what it has in it, but I guess it was what they used to scrub laundry with in the old days. He lathers that up with COLD water & then covers the affected area & leaves it on there & lets it dry. Seems to dry the blisters right up. Seems I remember them telling me that there was a hight amount of lye in it. Anyway, hope that helps.
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Been there, done that - I was painting boundary lines for a timber company. Anyways, the soap I used was like you describe and it was called Octagon Laundry Soap. Nasty smelling stuff and I believe it'd almost take your skin off with a little scrubbing, but it worked for my rash. That, plus Calamine Lotion and antihistamines.
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #9 on: Aug 9th, 2004, 6:53am » |
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When I was a kid my mom would use Fells Naptha soap on us. I remember it was a huge bar in a red wrapper. We also bathed in oatmeal for the itching as well as taking the shots! Boy am I glad I know what that shit looks like! I haven't had PI in 30 years! lol
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Re: poison ivy soap recipe?
« Reply #10 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 11:16am » |
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I use a couple of poison ivy soap recipies....
Calamine Soap
1 tablespoon calamine powder (or 2 tablespoons calamine lotion)
1 tablespoon bentonite or cosmetic grade clay
2 tablespoons liqiud glycerine
1 cup glycerine soap base
Witch Hazel Soap
2 cups glycerine soap base
1/4 cup witch hazel bark decoction
There are a few others and I used the book: Clean Naturally recipies for body, home, and spirit by Sandy Maine. I am a newby so I havent gotten that creative yet.
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