[TheForge] OT: YAK: Blacksmith medical cure

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Poison oak holds much of  this area together on the steep slopes..it's a 
good soil builder. There are places not far from here where the stems 
are thicker than my wrist. We always say," it's a good year for poison 
oak", every year.
I used to be extremely sensitive to it, but  have built resistance over 
time with exposure...but first  i took a course of the poison oak drops 
that the forestry uses that starts with a miniscule dose and slowly 
works up.
The lumberjacks say to scrub the affected area with ajax or 
comet.....nasty but effective.
Almost all of the cures take 2 weeks, just like leaving it alone. 
Steroids work though.
It was imported to England as an ornamental at one time...grin....

Phlip wrote:

>>Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
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>>>I have poison oak on my property and am allergic.  What is the best way
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>to
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>>get rid of it?
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>>>-Chris K
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>>Pay someone to get rid of it for you. If you're allergic, the more often
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>you
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>>get exposed, the worse your allergy becomes. Don't mess around- it's worth
>>the money.
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>>Saint Phlip,
>>CoD
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>Incidently, I was discussing this thread with a friend who's an ER
>physician, an MD. He completely agreed with me. DdON'T risk exposing
>yourself. Allergies aren't something to screw around with.
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>Saint Phlip,
>CoD
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>"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
> Blacksmith's credo.
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> If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
>cat.
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>Never a horse that cain't be rode,
>And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
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