Poison Oak

[Guest guest]

Good Morning!

 

Do you have any suggestions of something " raw " that I can do to help

me with my case of poison oak? This is my first time with it and I'm

afraid I don't know much about it. What I read on the internet

doesn't answer my questions and seems to just prescribe soaps,

salves, and lotions which, of course, contain substances that I

don't want to put on my skin.

 

Someone told me that putting lemon slices on it when I think about

it will help to dry it up. So far, although it's cooling, I haven't

noticed a difference.

 

I've been doing a sort of " science experiment. " On one leg I've been

using therapeutic grade essential oils (my only first aid kit). The

oils seem to make the blisters larger and run more. When the

blisters ooze, is that good? Part of me thinks that's the poison

leaving. I've noticed that the liquid causes a spreading of the

affected area.

 

Help! This is truly uncomfortable.

 

Annette

[Guest guest]

The easiest thing to do is to get some wet clay or mud and plaster it

over the poison oak and let it dry. Another way would be to put

charcoal over the poison oak. You could put on aloe vera gel also

for the itching.

 

Ron Koenig

Bellevue

 

RawSeattle , " cloudriver " <cloudriver>

wrote:

> Good Morning!

>

> Do you have any suggestions of something " raw " that I can do to

help

> me with my case of poison oak? This is my first time with it and

I'm

> afraid I don't know much about it. What I read on the internet

> doesn't answer my questions and seems to just prescribe soaps,

> salves, and lotions which, of course, contain substances that I

> don't want to put on my skin.

>

> Someone told me that putting lemon slices on it when I think about

> it will help to dry it up. So far, although it's cooling, I haven't

> noticed a difference.

>

> I've been doing a sort of " science experiment. " On one leg I've

been

> using therapeutic grade essential oils (my only first aid kit). The

> oils seem to make the blisters larger and run more. When the

> blisters ooze, is that good? Part of me thinks that's the poison

> leaving. I've noticed that the liquid causes a spreading of the

> affected area.

>

> Help! This is truly uncomfortable.

>

> Annette

[Guest guest]

Have you tried fasting? This would be the Natural Higiene answer I believe.

 

Socorro

 

 

--- " cloudriver " <cloudriver wrote:

>Good Morning!

>

>Do you have any suggestions of something " raw " that I can do to help

>me with my case of poison oak? This is my first time with it and I'm

>afraid I don't know much about it. What I read on the internet

>doesn't answer my questions and seems to just prescribe soaps,

>salves, and lotions which, of course, contain substances that I

>don't want to put on my skin.

>

>Someone told me that putting lemon slices on it when I think about

>it will help to dry it up. So far, although it's cooling, I haven't

>noticed a difference.

>

>I've been doing a sort of " science experiment. " On one leg I've been

>using therapeutic grade essential oils (my only first aid kit). The

>oils seem to make the blisters larger and run more. When the

>blisters ooze, is that good? Part of me thinks that's the poison

>leaving. I've noticed that the liquid causes a spreading of the

>affected area.

>

>Help! This is truly uncomfortable.

>

>Annette

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the help! I appreciate it. I have charcoal -- and

there's certainly plenty of mud in this weather -- so I'll try both

of those for today. Then tomorrow I'll begin fasting. My mother's

coming for lunch today, else I'd start now.

 

I don't have aloe, though I should. It was suggested by someone else

(also with the last name Koenig!). I've been so busy trying to get

the house perfect for my mother's visit, that I haven't taken the

time to go get some. (No lectures, please.)

 

Thanks again,

Annette

[Guest guest]

The body isn't making a mistake by producing fluid-filled sacs, it is diluting

the original poison and placing it in 'quarantine' so it doesn't

interfere with bodily functions. The reason why aloe vera and other " remedies "

appear to " heal " rashes, blisters, and other skin irritations is

that the skin actually closes, thereby suspending its efforts to purge the

original poison. It does this in order to keep the new substance (the

aloe vera, etc.) from entering the bloodstream through the injured skin. I

don't know why the oils would have the opposite effect, unless possibly

the act of rubbing them on is rupturing the blisters or something. I can

guarantee that it won't aid the healing process. If you rest and fast on

water only, it will heal much more quickly. What you want to do is cooperate

with your body, not try to override it. Our bodies are a lot smarter

than our brains! :-) Hang in there.

Nora

[Guest guest]

RawSeattle , " Nora Lenz " <nlenz@q...> wrote:

 

I don't know why the oils would have the opposite effect, unless

possibly the act of rubbing them on is rupturing the blisters or

something. I can guarantee that it won't aid the healing process.

If you rest and fast on water only, it will heal much more quickly.

What you want to do is cooperate with your body, not try to override

it. Our bodies are a lot smarter than our brains!

 

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This isn't the first suggestion I've had to fast to heal the poison

oak, and now that my stressful, emotional day has past, a fast may

just be on the horizon for tomorrow. (Sunday I will be in Seattle

for Karen's class.) I will say though, it's not going to be easy

laying still while the poison oak itches and burns. At least the

lavender oil, lemon juice, and unheated honey helped with that.

 

Re the essential oils: no, I didn't break any of the blisters when

applying the oils. I mostly dropped them on rather than rubbing. The

application of the oils certainly enlarged the size of the blister!

And without decreasing in size, the blister would ooze. Not pretty.

 

Annette