Bottles, pottery,lids and silver butter knife and POISON OAK

[gypsybandit]

found these on an old home site next door hope to find more after i recover from POISO OAK any one got any good rememdies?

 

[Tigger]

Tannic acid either in over the counter remedies, or you can just steep tea to make a strong brew, either soak body part in it, or soak a cloth & place on skin. Frankly, I get Poison Ivy so bad, I have to go to the doctor, but this worked for me in the past with a minor case.
Be sure to wash everything! The oil can recontaminate for years. Hope yours is a mild case!!

 

[SusanMN]

Great stuff. Load up on ibruopen, tylenol or whatever painkillers you have on hand. They work as good for itching as they do for pain. Good luck.

 

[Digger54]

Salt paste

I got a patch of it on my arm and it was awful. I was convinced I had gotten into a thermonuclear poison plant . Guess the detector arm support cup really worked the evil oils into my skin. A tip I got from a fellow digger that really helped alleviate the itching was to make a salt paste and put on the rash. It took away the itching for about 2-3 hours then I would wash it off dry it and do it again. It did not get rid of the rash but made life liveable until it went away.

 

[pwcguy]

Cortisone cream works good for me. I put it on thick. It all so helps with the itching.
Had it so bad once my hand swelled up like a beach ball. I had to stab my hand to let the swelling go down.

You got some good finds there. Worth going back.

 

[BobinSouthVA]

that knife looks nice, is it silver?

my wife uses some crazy concoction of bleach and flour to make a paste for poison, I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[sandhog]

Bleach is a well known old remedy for poison ivy. also Fels Naptha soap.
Don't know if it works on poison oak but worth a try.

 

[countrygrammy]

nice knife,try homemade lye soap my neice says it works

for her.Like to see what big brown bottle in the box looks like.

looks interesting.Tryed to reply once but guess i didnt do it right.

good luck on your next hunt.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Here's a really good Poison Ivy link that has remedies and facts about the nasty plant.

http://www.poison-ivy.org/html/faq.htm