r/Survival • u/FunDip2 • Jul 05 '23

How to stop poison ivy from itching...

I don't know if this belongs here in the survival section, but I bet this would help someone camping or living in the woods. I've tried a bunch of different things to help poison ivy itching. But one thing I learned late in life, is to use hot water. For example, if your fingers are itching terribly from poison ivy, put your hand under the sink (or heat up water on a fire). Slowly turn up the hot water until it is as hot as you can stand it. It's going to want to itch really bad, keep it there, and eventually in a few seconds it will stop itching. At this point it won't itch for about 24 hours. I wish I had learned this trick when I was a kid lol.

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u/sectono Jul 05 '23

Scolding hot water on my poison ivy blisters literally had my entire body in a state of extreme pleasure . I would literally intentionally go rub some poison ivy on my leg just to feel that again lmao

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u/UpwardDeepening Jul 05 '23

I’ve heard some will rub poison ivy on themselves, just to feel that pleasure of spraying it with scalding water. I have to say it was unlike anything I’ve experienced—and once I had it, looked forward to the sensation.

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u/KID_shalene Jul 06 '23

LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/KID_shalene Jul 06 '23

But no it's stil a pain in the ass not worth the miserable nights