2007-08-13 12:44:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
The best thing we've ever used is called Zanfel. Usually works with just one application. It's worked great on our kids.
2007-08-13 12:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not home remedy, but this is all-natural...
Burt's Bee's makes a poison ivy soap that dries up the poison ivy just after one wash.
2007-08-13 12:50:06 · answer #2 · answered by KingOfTheDrews 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a Yahoo search for "poison ivy" + "natural remedies".
2007-08-13 15:13:14 · answer #3 · answered by Susan Yarrawonga 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom SWEARS by that aloe-vera gel for sunburns. Make sure you get the stuff with LIDOCAINE in it. All I can figure is the alcohol content is high enough to dry up the poison ivy, and the lidocaine numbs it enough to make it quit itching. She gets poison ivy every single year, and we could never get rid of it without taking her in for Decadron shots and dosing her on Benadryl for days. Now she won't use anything but the aloe gel! She's got her sister using it too!
-Paramedic
2007-08-13 14:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by paramedicgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that I know that really dries it up, is oatmeal... crushed and applied like a paste or if you can get your hands on Calamine lotion, that also works and takes the itch away.
2007-08-13 12:49:33 · answer #5 · answered by Allie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This website has some home remedies listed. Hope they help!
2007-08-13 17:26:05 · answer #6 · answered by Angie C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oat meal baths and calamine lotion.
2007-08-13 12:50:59 · answer #7 · answered by emtd65 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take an oatmeal bath!!
2007-08-13 12:50:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
calamine lotion or benadryl lotion to lessen the effects
2007-08-13 13:28:11 · answer #9 · answered by matthetech 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
calimine lotion can help.
2007-08-15 16:10:01 · answer #10 · answered by Tsunami 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋