Spray alcohol on a cotton ball and then rub it on your infected area. Just did it myself actually:)

Poison ivy provides a food source for many species of birds, as well as larger mammals such as white-tailed deer. Smaller animals use it as shelter. Some animals might even prefer poison ivy so much that they would eat it rather than your garden plants.

It commonly grows on the edges of forests, streams, and roads, or in disturbed areas. The edges of forests are commonly vibrant with several species of briars which serve to create a protective layer to shield the inner forest from harsh weather conditions, as well as providing a layer of shelter for smaller animals. A teacher once explained this to me as a sort of skin for the forest. I suspect that poison ivy provides a similar service, as it is often found among briars and the edges of forests.

The Cherokee revered poison ivy and other "warrior plants" for their ability to quickly respond to disturbances in the forest. When an area is disturbed, say from a storm knocking down trees, or human development, plants like poison ivy and some briars like blackberry or smilax, are some of the first plants to become established in that area. These plants have strong roots and help to limit erosion and condition the soil to prepare it for more forest to grow there in the future.

Poison ivy is not very shade resistant, it needs lots of sun. So it can sometimes be found in the understory of a forest, but most likely if it is then that forest is relatively young. In a mature forest (100+ years) it is unlikely to find poison ivy crawling on the ground, although it still may climb up the sides of some trees.

Ironically, the level of CO2 in the air affects the growth rate and the level of dermatitis causing oil in poison ivy, so with the rising levels of CO2 caused by human activity in our air, the more obnoxious poison ivy becomes.

Also ironically, the more development that occurs, hence the more we disturb ecosystems, the more prolific the population of poison ivy will become.

It seems as if it is seriously trying to combat our growth as we know it.

The Cherokees may have been more right than they knew, or maybe they did know.

Wash your mouth with clear water immediately, if no medicine is around, put some toothpaste on it. Go straight to a doctor.

NO IT DOES NOT GET RID OF POISON IVY! i have been getting poison ivy every year at least once a year and every time i try calimine lotion and it does not work because when it drys it irritates the poison ivy and makes it about 10 x more itchy! DO NOT USE CALIMINE LOTION FOR YOUR POISON IVY INFECTION!

I was watching myth busters and vodka lessens the side effects of poison ivy.

The best is not a cream. It is a liquid called Ivy-Dry and you can get it in almost any pharmacy. You just spray it on and it helps the area dry up and heal faster.

Well, niether is worse than the other.They both react in the same way.So,you can probably say that if you get both,you'll think it's only one of them.That is something that has happened to me before and it hurts and itches.Use bleach...

Very uncommonly in bogs and wetlands (mostly a Southern tree). A botany professor at West Virginia University told me he has looked for it for years in both PA and WV and has never found it. I would be skeptical of most people who claim to know its whereabouts.

Yes, many plants are mistaken for poison ivy. Plants like raspberry and strawberry plants also have three leaves. If you're not sure if a plant that's growing is poison ivy, look for these signs: stems should be glossly, the stem shouldn't have throns, new leaves on the plant should take a redish color, leaves should look shiny or waxy and big leaves might have notches.

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Yes poison I y can go into your eyes through contact or if you were previously infected on your hands and rubbed your eyes it will spread, if poison ivy has gone into your eyes consult a doctor immediately because poison ivy could cause a number of problems the most severe sand likely one is blindness

Wash the spot with water and alcohol. then wash any other objects that touched the plant

By poison ivy lotion I take it you mean a calamine lotion like caladryl. It contains carbolic acid, zinc oxide (ZnO) , and ferric oxide (Fe2O3), none of which is a pure element.

no don't wash your hair. it's always better for you to go to the doctors and first check it out.

Scentual Soapworks makes a super sensitive bar of soap that has aloe, oatmeal and honey already in it for soothing relief.

You could also grind up oatmeal to a fine powder and soak in that.

If it's really bad, have your doctor prescribe prednisone.

mountain laurel is a natural cure for poison ivy.

Crash the leaves, water them a little and apply it to infected area. Check this link and watch the video at the bottom : it is Uncovered Truth about Mountain Laurel - considered to be panacea by native Americans.

Poison ivy reactions can begin to appear within just a few hours after contact with the plant, depending on the sensitivity of the individual. Contact with affected animals, clothing or from burning plants may cause similar reactions. It may be helpful to cleanse the skin immediately after being in the woods, before blisters appear. The oily urushiol from these plants causes contact dermatitis, and several products are available on the market to be used after suspected exposure. Soap and water alone may be insufficient to remove this substance from the skin, so many products also contain a base of petroleum distillates to emulsify the oil from the skin surface. A less expensive alternative may be made at home by combining equal parts of liquid detergent with a product like GooGone or bug/tar remover, and using this with warm water in a shower. This is followed by a regular shower with soap alone to remove the residues of the petroleum distillates and urushiol. In children under 2 years old, only soap and warm water should be used. Benadryl (diphendydramine) creams or lotions applied afterwards will help reduce the itching after exposure.

Yes

Use rubbing alcohol on your tools, wash them down (using your rag) with the alcohol and then dry and oil your tools so they don't rust. For your clothing or gloves use fels-naptha soap (it's an old fashioned wood ash lye soap)

Poison ivy and its close relatives, poison sumac and poison oak exist in all parts of the United States and in the southern parts of Canada. If the redwood forest that you are referring to is within these boudaries, there is a good chance of one of these irritating plants being in it.

Summer tends to be the season that people identify as the 'worst' for poison ivy [Toxicodendron radicans] allergic reactions. But that's just because there are greater chances for human contact with the plant. In fact, urushiol oil, which is the cause of the reactions, is present in all plant body parts year round. Indeed, a fence against which poison ivy brushed may bring on an allergic reaction as much as 1-1/2 years later.