Oregon is SO beautiful and so much fun to be outdoors in all year. The mountains, the desert, the coast, the rivers-just LOVE this place. We do alot of hiking.

BUT I hate the poison oak. It loves me on the other had. In the winter I get it all over and I never even see the stinking thing without it's leaves. Shows up often weeks after I've been exposed-never mind peeing in the woods! LOL

Tell me all your good poison oak heal recipes...please.

organicmama-you may know some good things for this-I'm hoping you do!

Thanks!!

Certainly not a knowledgeable expert here or anything, but the first thing that comes to mind is an oatmeal bath - put a cup or so of oatmeal in cheesecloth, tie it up, and let it soak in the bath until the bath gets milky looking. Also, use the oatmeal cheescloth ball to wipe down the rash.

But, again, I don't know, that's just what comes to mind.

When you come in rub alchohol ( i believe vinegar has the same effect could be wrong) over any possibly effected skin. Also wash clothes, and don't forget the shoes, with a little alchohol ( vinegar again i believe ) . Wipe any animals allowed outside with alchohol and then wash them .

Alchohol breaks down the oils which the poison is holding on to your skin with, so that you can get it off your skin.

We had a lot of poison ivy and oak where we used to live, i had it so bad on my legs that i had several oozy blotches. Until i took my mothers advice and started using alchohol just to lightly rub on after i was out and on our dog.

I also til my pioson oak and ivy recieded i would make an oatmeal paste and apply it sort of like calamine lotion over the effected areas. AHHH sweet relief!!

Thanks.

Can't see rubbing myself and my family down everytime we came in from the outdoors. I'd do more rubbing than hiking! LOL But I am interested in this, the action of it. Toby says he heard of stuff to rub on before you set out. Don't know about that either. Oh and he says the lumberjacks say chainsaw gas! Eeek!

Burt's Bees has some good soap that dries it out and I'm using Itch Nix daily that has lots of natural drying agents. I think I've been scratchin' for over 2 weeks now. Oh last year had it all over my pregnant belly and we both had it on our faces-that is really bad. Your face swells and your eyes get oozy! Ick! I remember hearing that if it is burned it can get in your respitory tract and your eyes.

Sigh, I'll just keep on dealing with it as long as I'm in Oregon I guess. Small price to pay for the grandeur.

Rhus Tox is an excellent homeopathic remedy for poison oak. We swear by it.

Thanks Katie!

You know all about it I'm sure.

I was out of town and just saw this.
There is an herb called jewelweed that usually grows next to poison ivy...I wonder if tha tgrows near poison oak as well, but that is natures provision in the wild quite often for the ivy.

Morroccan red clay is very good at drawing out the effects of the poison oak....you can even take a bar of WAHM soap and rub it right onto the skin...I have heard that helps too.
There is a homeopathic remedy for that. I want to say rhus tox but I am not certain.

And oatmeal (yes) I have heard that is good for that as well as any rash.
Plantain leaves chewed up briefly and put directly onto the skin as a poultice would benefit as well.
Hugs

Thanks Kristerae!!