[TheForge] OT: YAK: Blacksmith medical cure

[Dan Tull]

True story.

High school pal relieved himself in woods, wiped w/ Poison Ivy.


dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
To: <artgawk at thegrid.net>; "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 2:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT: YAK: Blacksmith medical cure


>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
> > 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.
>
> Yeah, that does work, for some people. But it's something that should be
> very carefully monitored, to give your system a chance to move from
allergic
> response to resistance. Too many people will hear about it, try something
> similar and overdose themselves, triggering the allergic response.
>
> My roommate has a serious problem with poison ivy- you whisper the name,
and
> he'll get it in the next room. This year at Pennsic, it went systemic on
> him, spread from his left wrisat all over, and we took him into the VA
> before it decided to spread to areas where you REALLY don't want poison
ivy
> ;-O
>
> If you're sensitive to it, don't mess with it, unless you take a carefully
> monitored preventitive course.
>
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD
>
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>  Blacksmith's credo.
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
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