Poison Ivy/Oak Lotion With Gunpowder?

[jonp]

One of my wife's employees recently told her about a home remedy for poison ivy/oak his grandmother used on them when he was a kid. When they got it she would mix condensed milk with gun powder and smear it on the itch. Within a day or two the rash was gone.

Think this would work and anybody care to conjecture how?

[Winger Ed.]

I'm more of a Benadryl guy when I get a rash.

By the time the milk sours, it might be one of those Grandma remedies,
like a big spoonful of castor oil--- the cure is worse than the ailment.

[schutzen-jager]

black or smokeless powder ?

[Wayne Smith]

Lye soap will wash the oil off the skin.

[William Yanda]

I heard about a Texan who made a habit of taking a spoonful of gunpowder with his breakfast every morning. He believed it was good for "what ails you" and had a side benefit of improving virility. He lived to 107 and outlived three wives. He left 17 children, nearly 50 grandkids, a passel of great grandkids .....



and a 28 foot hole in the ground.

[Winger Ed.]

Lye soap will wash the oil off the skin.

Too much will wash the skin off your bones too.

[Noah Zark]

A paper towel soaked with Witch Hazel extract and kept on the affected area for as long as possible (1-2h multiple times a day) works very well for me in relieving the itch and blistering quickly.

Noah

[Texas by God]

As the " immune kid" of the family, I got selected for rhe toxic jobs almost daily....

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[JonB_in_Glencoe]

It's an oil. So if Gunpowder and/or condensed milk deactivates the oil, I suppose it'll work. Seems wise to just use Soap and other careful handling practices, like is mentioned in this article.

https://www.al.com/sports/2012/07/ho...ivy_treat.html

[jonp]

As the " immune kid" of the family, I got selected for rhe toxic jobs almost daily....

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Join the crowd
Wool, poison ivy...nothing seemed to bother me much. On the plus side few folds, flu and the deadly Covid only made me feel off a day ir so.

[poppy42]

I Wouldn’t waste the powder!

[Skipper]

I had a buddy who got poison oak on the brain.

Doctor told him to go home and think about sandpaper.

[jonp]

I had a buddy who got poison oak on the brain.

Doctor told him to go home and think about sandpaper.

Har Har, Hardy Har Har. Dont quit your day job

[gwpercle]

Lye soap will wash the oil off the skin.

Lye soap will wash the skin off the skin ... be careful !.\

My Mother was born Dirt Poor raised in middle of East Texas 1930 Big Depression and had home remedies for everything ... they didn't store buy anything but sewing needles and thread .
I never heard her speak of Condensed Milk and Gunpowder and she never used that on her children .
Her poisen Ivy treatment was a paste of Arm & Hammer baking Soda and water ... after it dried you left a trail of white baking soda residue wherever you went . When we becamce more affluent she bought some pink stuff ...Calamine or Calrdryl lotion .

Condensed Milk + gunpowder ... that's a new one !
Gary

[DocSavage]

I heard about a Texan who made a habit of taking a spoonful of gunpowder with his breakfast every morning. He believed it was good for "what ails you" and had a side benefit of improving virility. He lived to 107 and outlived three wives. He left 17 children, nearly 50 grandkids, a passel of great grandkids .....



and a 28 foot hole in the ground.

I saw that ione coming a mile away. Baking soda and water was a go to for bug bites and bee stings no reason it shouldn't work on poison ivy/oak and sumac.

[BLAHUT]

Grandmother made homemade Lye soap and we used it for everything. Clothes hair hands baths dishes. We all stayed healthy ?

[MT Gianni]

I saved a link somewhere where the poster claims that if you use Lava soap and a washrag with hot water and a 5-10 minute scrub down you eliminate the oils that cause the irritation. The kicker is that you must use it within 8 hours of contact.

[littlejack]

When I was a young adolescent taking a bath, I would reach for the Lava soap to wash my hair. Then when I would comb my hair afterwords, I was always wondering why I would have fine grit in my comb.

[gwpercle]

Grandmother made homemade Lye soap and we used it for everything. Clothes hair hands baths dishes. We all stayed healthy ?

My Mom once explained to me how they made Lye Soap when she was a girl . After rendering out the hog lard leftover from a hog killing (Boucherie' ) they would mix wood ash from the fire into the hot hog lard and stir it with a wood paddle to make Lye Soap .... I didn't say so ... but I thought she was telling me a tall story ...
...it didn't sound right that soap came from hot hog lard and wood ashes from a fire !
Gary

[BLAHUT]

My Mom once explained to me how they made Lye Soap when she was a girl . After rendering out the hog lard leftover from a hog killing (Boucherie' ) they would mix wood ash from the fire into the hot hog lard and stir it with a wood paddle to make Lye Soap .... I didn't say so ... but I thought she was telling me a tall story ...
...it didn't sound right that soap came from hot hog lard and wood ashes from a fire !
Gary

I do not remember grandmother mixing wood ash in the lard? I do remember her putting the wood ash in a trough and pouring water over it and collecting what drained out the bottom ( lye ) and then mixing this with the lard. Don't remember how she did any more, other that it was poured into bread loaf pans and cut with a knife, to make bars ?