Costa Family Farm

Good Product for Poison Ivy & Oak

I have not forgotten to put up pictures of the Plantain plant. We had 13 days straight of rain, then my husband was away for 6 days.. you know the rest.

I was reading at VTLinda's about her experience with poison oak. For some reason I couldn't comment there (probably a computer thing, my fault) so I thought I'd write it here:

Hi, Linda!

If the government officials didn't know we or our town existed, I'd be in heaven-on-earth.

The poison oak reminded me of a wonderful product called Tecnu. Has anyone ever heard of or used it? I think pharmacies sell it. A farm & garden might sell it. It is for poison ivy & oak. I used it when we lived in North Carolina for 5 1/2 years while my husband attended NCSU.

You rub it on the effected skin for several minutes, then rinse with cold water. It removes the poisonous oils. I used to follow it up with a drying agent, like Calamine if it's OK to be pink, clear Caladryl if it's not. This routine usually worked really well toward healing and brought about comfort and drying up in a couple of days.

Have a blessed day, everyone.

Chicken pox and Plantain

05:58 PM, Saturday, August 5, 2006 .. Posted by Houseoflife

Do you think plantain would help with chicken pox rashes? My middle girl (4 years old) I think has the pox and I just gave all three a bath together today...yikes! Any other ideas on what works well with chicken pox?