[AT] OT war on poison ivy

[Phil Auten]

I had noticed the hot water relief too, Howard. I simply forgot about it 
while the discussion was focused on getting the oil washed off BEFORE 
the rash showed up. As far as recognizing the plant goes, one learns to 
recognize it pretty quickly after the rash shows up. My first dose was 
from felling trees with vines growing on the trunk. Didn't realize that 
the vines were PI until the tree was down and I could see the leaves up 
higher in the canopy. Now I am careful of cutting any vines on tree 
trunks until I have verified that they aren't PI. I have a real good 
crop of PI here on my 20 acres, so I see it almost daily.

Phil in TX


On 11/23/2019 11:20 AM, Howard Pletcher wrote:
> Hot water is effective on the rash as well.  Not boiling by any means, 
> but hot water from the tap appears to suck the oil out so it won't 
> itch for the next couple hours.  Of course, be careful not to get too 
> hot and cause burns.
>
> Howard
>
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 11:59 AM Indiana Robinson 
> <robinson46176 at gmail.com <mailto:robinson46176 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     My maternal grandmother used tea kettles of boiling water... To
>     kill the plants, not to pour on the rash.  ☺
>
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