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SWBTATTReg

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10. Good for you. When I often times caught Poison Ivy/etc., I would go fishing at Bennett Springs ...
Mon Sep 6, 2021, 11:44 AM
Sep 2021

state park (in central Missouri), and stand in the spring without a wader, the water would literally drown the rash out, but it sure was awful damn cold! Ha ha!

Keep the baking soda (you know, the yellow box of stuff, Arm and Hammer) handy, pour it into your bathtub when you get poison A, B, or C. Soak in it for a while, it does help w/ the itching and prevents it from spreading to other parts of your body.

I did not know the fact that Ivarest was just soap and water, so thank you for this tidbit of news.

I used to make a paste too, of baking soda and a little water, dab on thickly onto patches of itchy areas/rash-infected areas, let stand/cover w/ a gauze loosely, it seemed to help too.

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