I HATE this EVIL weed!!

[EMC45]

The Park uses Tecnu. Apparently it is really good stuff.

I used to get it terribly when I was a kid. It would cover me and I would itch all night long and not sleep. I have gotten older and it doesn't affect me like that anymore and I weed eat it and I have pulled it off deer stands a few times getting ready for the season.

[salpal48]

When my grandmother had the farm in Penn. , they planted poison ivy around the tree trunks to keep unwanted apple thieves from steeling The apples. i did not stop many People But later you knew who was the thieves were

[Texas by God]

I haven't tried eating it or smoking it, and I'm not going to, but it or poison oak have never bothered me in the least. I used to get paid to remove it for folks. My wife however cannot even be around it without getting itchy. She has caught it a few times just about doing my laundry. I will post a picture of the north Texas version of poison ivy here in a little while.

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[oldred]

I had to go see the Doc, that left hand is swollen to almost twice it's normal size and is developing sores rather than blisters. Don't know what was in the shot bit I assume it was a steroid, also got some ointment of some sort so maybe I can get some relief.

Went back and sprayed the dang stuff with Roundup mixed to the brush kill ratio! I don't normally allow Roundp around my fruit trees or garden but this time I made an exception. I sprayed the entire area and anything that even resembled poison ivy got drowned with the Roundup!

[Gewehr-Guy]

I HATE THIS EVIL WEED......... I read this and thought it was about quitting smoking, and I was going to offer you some encouragement !!!

[Texas by God]

Professional Idiot pictured. Dont try this at home!

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[CastingFool]

Texas by God, I saved your pic! Thanks for posting it.

[JBinMN]

Tree guys know this stuff

Search a product called tecnu

Its awesome stuff!!

Sorry to read. I dont think that this stuff does a whole lot after the fact. But as preventative after handling the stuff. Its very good!

CW

Tecnu!
+1000

BTW... Jewel weed, if ya have some nearby, is natures anti urishiol.

[TCLouis]

IF ONLY all were as allergic to it as some of us, it would have been eradicated years ago!

[webfoot10]

You guys find you some jewelweed, smash the stems till you get a green slime from it.
Rub this slime on the areas affected by the poison ivy. It will stop the itching fast. My
wife takes the jewelweed and chops the pulpy stems into small pieces and then smashs
them up in a sauce pan. Then add olive oil to cover and simmer till the consistancy of
cooked spinach . Mix a little beeswax in with the mixture till it's like vaseline. Store in a
jar and if you come into contact with poison ivy or oak. Wash with water and dry, then
apply the jewelweed mix.

[GhostHawk]

Good old fashioned lye soap will break up the poisons and speed healing.

My mom used to get it bad. She walked through a ploom of smoke from trash her dad was burning when I was a young boy. Must have had a few sprigs of poison ivy got caught up and burned along with leaves and twigs.

Got her in the eyes and the lungs. She was pretty sick lady for a couple of days.

I've never had a sign of trouble with it, but I don't mess with it.

[OldBearHair]

Came to a clear creek as we were on a hike when one young man walked into some poison ivy and began to react by jumping around holding his calves and yelling.. Came across the creek where I was. I scooped some wet sand up and rubbed it on the skin with him standing in the water.. In a few minutes afterward, he said it had quit stinging. In my garden area, a small weed comes up and if it touches your skin, it really stings.. My wife can find it easily and dig it up. We don't know what it is. We get in to it once in a while.
Poison Ivy doesn't bother me since the fifth grade. Got some on my chin in Arkansas about five years old. Every year when we got our school pictures, there I was with Raliegh's healing powder on my chin. It would come back for a couple weeks, then finally it quit bothering me.. ( my period key gives me two for the price of one sometimes )

[Texas by God]

It may look different in other locales but it’s the real deal here. My wife’s uncle had a “serious nature call” once out in the Houston wilderness and caught poison ivy on his posterior that spread to his anus and colon. He was hospitalized for weeks. I just hope I don’t suddenly become allergic to plants and insect venom at a certain age! So far, so good.

[Bazoo]

The ivy here has several variations including very similar to what TbG shows.

[Petrol & Powder]

I once looked at a picture of poison ivy in an encyclopedia, broke out in a rash the next day.

[samari46]

Evil Weed is right. I'm one of those who only has to look at it and get it. Cortisone shot does work very well. I've had it 2 times so far this year. Doc usually refrains from giving me the shot because I'm a type 2 diabetic. But since the meds from my orthpaedic doc screws up both my BP and BS he now gives it to me. Frank

[farmerjim]

Get your doctor to give you a prescription for clobetasol ointment. It is a strong topical steroid. It works well on insect bites and small patches of dermatitis (poison ivy ). It takes the itch out of tick and black fly bites.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Spraying is on today's to do list...

[Thumbcocker]

There used to be a product called imuivy that was supposed to give seasonal immunity to the weed.

[Froogal]

I won't say for sure that this worked, but a few years ago while trying to eradicate some other weeds, I discovered what I suspected to be poison ivy. The back of my hand had already made contact before I saw it. I was not too far from my shop so I walked in, grabbed a can of aerosol carb cleaner and liberally sprayed the back of my hand with it. I DID NOT break out in a rash.