[TheForge] Blacksmith medical cure

[Walter L. Mullett]

The reason you have the allergic reaction is because the oils from the
poison ivy get into the pores of the skin.  I assume that is what JRF is
writing about.   They recommend that washing with cold water keeps the pores
closed and thus prevent the oil from penetrating.

I have always used multiple washings with Fells Naptha bar soap and cold
water whenever I think I have been exposed to poison ivy.  That seems to do
well for me.

Walt
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark A. Pesetsky <pesetsky at Princeton.EDU>
To: 'Sponsored by ABANA' <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 12:27 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Blacksmith medical cure


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>Scrubbing the heck out of poison ivy with a nailbrush and gojo never fails
>for me. The nailbrush opens the pockets of oil trapped in your skin and the
>gojo dissolves it so it doesn't spread, it just goes down the drain. Dries
>the skin out, too, and the best part is you get the SCRATCH.
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>JRF
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>The fluid under the skin is not oil...it doesn't spread. It is the bodies
>immune system fighting the oil...
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>Mark
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