- Jewelweed - Recipe - Soap-question

Thank-you for the great recipe Chris, one question, as a kid my

sister got poision ivy bad and the Dr. said showering and bathing

can make it spread, how would you recommend using this soap.

thanks

gea

, " Christine Ziegler "

<chrisziggy@e...> wrote:

> This easy recipe can be used with either glycerin soap base or

plain

> rebatching soap base

>

> Ingredients:

>

> 2 cups soap base

> 1/2 cup jewelweed maceration*

> 5-10 drops skin soothing essential oil (such as lavender)

(optional)

>

> Instructions:

> Melt soap in a double boiler or in the oven (on low heat between

the

> setting called warm & 200F).

>

> Add jewelweed maceration, stir until slightly cooled. Add EO. Stir

to

> combine. Pour into molds. Cool and let cure until hard and dry.

>

> * Jewelweed maceration - gather blooming jewelweed, and combine in

a

> blender with 1 cup water and 1/2 cup vegetable glycerin. Can be

used as

> a spray on poison ivy afflicted skin. Can be frozen.

>

> Jewelweed can also be used to make CP soap. In that case you'll

want to

> infuse your main oil being used for the soap making with jewelweed.

>

> *Smile*

> Chris (list mom)

> http://www.alittleolfactory.com

Hi Gea,

I've never heard of that. I've ALWAYS heard that as soon as possible

after coming in contact with poison ivy all exposed skin areas should be

washed thoroughly with soap and water to wash off the plant's sap/oils

which are what cause the rash (all clothes and anything else that came

in contact with it should be washed too!)

And I looked it up really quickly online and that seems to be the

general consensus ...

http://scc.uchicago.edu/poisonivy.htm

http://quickcare.org/skin/poison.html

http://www.uhs.uga.edu/healthtopics/poison_ivy.html

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

> gea [gea]

> Thank-you for the great recipe Chris, one question, as a kid my

> sister got poision ivy bad and the Dr. said showering and bathing

> can make it spread, how would you recommend using this soap.

> thanks

> gea

On Garden Island we where told to alwayshave a bar of Fels Naphta soap.

To be used liberally all over our clothing etc , when we felt we had

been exposed to Poison Ivy and than to jump into Lake Michigan..

I think reg. soap could spread PI, too, but to use soap with jewelweed

in it, would cut the oils that give us the rash from PI.

C-M

Thank-you Chris and all

Interesting, luckily we don't get it- guess they tortured my

sister for nothing, they even had a special poison ivy outfit she

would wear when she got it, - head to toe calamine lotion and none

of us would go near her:)

I have heard that if you rinse off within 30 mins of contact you

reduce chances of getting it, but with my sister if she looks at it

she gets it bad, now she uses pure bleach- eeek!

Just a interesting side note- my Dr. told me the same thing when the

kids got chicken pox, sponge baths only.

Thanks

Gea

, " Christine Ziegler "

<chrisziggy@e...> wrote:

> Hi Gea,

>

> I've never heard of that. I've ALWAYS heard that as soon as

possible

> after coming in contact with poison ivy all exposed skin areas

should be

> washed thoroughly with soap and water to wash off the plant's

sap/oils

> which are what cause the rash (all clothes and anything else that

came

> in contact with it should be washed too!)

>

> And I looked it up really quickly online and that seems to be the

> general consensus ...

>

> http://scc.uchicago.edu/poisonivy.htm

>

> http://quickcare.org/skin/poison.html

>

> http://www.uhs.uga.edu/healthtopics/poison_ivy.html

>

> *Smile*

> Chris (list mom)

> http://www.alittleolfactory.com

>