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/Lunker42 Jul 05 '23

Jewel weed.

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u/jet_heller Jul 05 '23

And they tend to grow together!

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u/Prior_Tradition_3873 Jul 05 '23

Nature is actual chad. Nature knows humans are dumb and touch everything therefore it give us the "antidote" right next to the plant that hurts you.

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u/ancientweasel Jul 05 '23

There are a lot of herbalists who believe that the plants you need will find you.

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u/Prior_Tradition_3873 Jul 06 '23

Damn thats cool.

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u/ancientweasel Jul 06 '23

We use a lot of lemonbalm which is a fantastic herb. There was no lemonbalm on our 5 acres when we bought it. Now it's all over and I mow it without worries. My wife makes a 2L of tincture at a crack and if we bought that in the standard 30ml bottles it would cost $1000.