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Rhubarb For Poison Ivy #6876837
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My wife showed me something this woman had posted on Facebook. She claims rhubarb is very effective for treating poison ivy.
You squeeze the juice out of the stalk and apply it directly to the infected area. She said you will see the remedy working within 24 hours and it relieves the itching almost right away.


I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Trapper7] #6876841
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It's also good for pies!! grin


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Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Trapper7] #6876846
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Would save the rhubarb for pies and use jewelweed for the ivy .

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Originally Posted by Flipper 56
It's also good for pies!! grin


Can't disagree with you on that!
grin


I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Trapper7] #6876883
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Scrub with wash cloth and dish soap.


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Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Trapper7] #6876886
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I struggled with constant poison ivy in the summer time my entire youth. Heard a bunch of different remedies but never rhubarb. The older I get the less susceptible I have gotten so I don't worry much anymore. An yes rhubarb pie is hard to beat!

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Originally Posted by Flint Hill fur
I struggled with constant poison ivy in the summer time my entire youth. Heard a bunch of different remedies but never rhubarb. The older I get the less susceptible I have gotten so I don't worry much anymore. An yes rhubarb pie is hard to beat!


Sounds like my situation when I was a kid. I even caught it a couple times in the winter when there was snow on the ground! I haven't had it in years since I've gotten older, though.


I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Trapper7] #6876902
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Trouble is some cretin ruined rhubarb pie by putting strawberries in it. Complete blasphemy.


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Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Trapper7] #6876917
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lots of truth in this thread. Mostly about pie, strawberries and jewelweed.


The only surefire poison ivy cure I have ever found is to not come into contact with any in the first place.

Reminds me of the time we rubbed poison ivy leaves on the toilet paper in the outhouse at work...

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Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Finster] #6876919
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Originally Posted by Finster
Trouble is some cretin ruined rhubarb pie by putting strawberries in it. Complete blasphemy.


Fresh batch of rhubarb and cream cheese muffins just out of the oven. No strawberries in sight.

Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Trapper7] #6876921
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Physician boy scout leader over at Mediapolis Ia used to make his guys eat a poison ivy leaf.
I have heard from one of the scouts tat they never got poison ivy.
I sure don't recommend doing that but it apparently worked for them .
My wife used white shoe polish.

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Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Trapper7] #6876923
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Originally Posted by Trapper7
Originally Posted by Flint Hill fur
I struggled with constant poison ivy in the summer time my entire youth. Heard a bunch of different remedies but never rhubarb. The older I get the less susceptible I have gotten so I don't worry much anymore. An yes rhubarb pie is hard to beat!


Sounds like my situation when I was a kid. I even caught it a couple times in the winter when there was snow on the ground! I haven't had it in years since I've gotten older, though.


Yup, me to when I was a kid. Got it bad one winter even my eyes got all puffy with Ivy on my eye lids from burning logs with vines on it while winter camping. Almost never get it now.

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I guess I'm the odd one out, I don't like rhubarb lol

Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Trapper7] #6876952
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I like rhubarb pie, but prefer strawberry pie that my daughter makes for my birthday. But, not the two together.


I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: Flipper 56] #6876988
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Originally Posted by Flipper 56
It's also good for pies!! grin

And cake or crisp!!


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Re: Rhubarb For Poison Ivy [Re: AKAjust] #6876995
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My grandpa said the same thing.

said he used to get it all the time but an old man told him to eat some. He did got it in his mouth bad but never got it again.

I never tried it

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I will stick to spaying brake cleaner on it.... it burns, but it clears it up.

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What is this poison ivy you speak of?

Never got it but I have some friends that get it if they are down wind of it on beezy day.


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A product called Oral Ivy, put a few drops in orange juice or water every morning to build a natural immunity.

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Originally Posted by AKAjust
Physician boy scout leader over at Mediapolis Ia used to make his guys eat a poison ivy leaf.
I have heard from one of the scouts tat they never got poison ivy.
I sure don't recommend doing that but it apparently worked for them .
My wife used white shoe polish.

just

I wonder what the solvent is in white shoe polish is. The old timey Ivy Dry which came in a brown glass bottle similar to what Hoppes #9 gun cleaner comes in really worked on real bad cases of poison ivy. I wouldn't be surprised if all three of them have the same solvent in them. I haven't tried Hoppes #9 yet though.

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