[TheForge] Blacksmith medical cure

[Mike Linn]

I got Poison Ivy over a goody portion of my body when I was a youngster. 
(12-13 yrs old or so)  I was down and out for nearly a month. It finally 
cleared up and I've never gotten it since even though Ive been in it lots 
of times. I think I've built up an immunity, I wont eat the stuff but Im 
not afraid to walk through it or touch it now.


mike


At 12:32 PM 9/28/2004, you wrote:
>         Poison ivy actually leaves a resin on your skin that you react 
> to. The blisters are filled with a fluid that your body is using to fight 
> the irritation. The reason it spreads it that the resin is spread on skim.
>         If you wash up after exposure to the poison ivy with either 
> vinegar or bleach, that will destroy the resin from the plant. If wash up 
> with strong soap and water you will reduce the possibility of the 
> irritation, but if the soap isn't strong enough, you may spread it. I use 
> the bleach approach it has worked for me almost three decades now.
>
>Jerry


            Mike Linn
      Artist Blacksmith
          McCalla, AL
        AFC Webmaster
http://afc.abana-chapter.com


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