Battle Poison Ivy with Rainwater Farm
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments
No matter how much you may try to avoid it when weeding and doing other spring gardening, poison ivy is sometimes inevitable. Lucky for you, we have a few products in our arsenal that might help make your battle a bit easier.
Your first line of defense is either Summer Mint or Springtime Gardener soap. If you’ve been outside, and have been exposed (or potentially exposed) to poison ivy, use this soap and make sure you suds all areas of your body. Do it twice, or even three times. This should prevent any outbreak of poison ivy on your skin. Pure soap or “lye” soap — not the detergent bars you find at the grocery store–has the ability to cut through the irritable poison ivy oils that cause outbreaks and wash it away from the skin. Also the oatmeal in these soaps gets in all the cracks making sure all of your skins surface that was exposed to the poison ivy is now exposed to the soap.
If you’ve already experienced an outbreak, then don’t fret–you can still treat it naturally. First, wash the affected area carefully with a pure, natural soap–our Oatmeal Lavender has the ability to soothe naturally and gently, as well as remove any residual oils that may exist. You can even leave a thin soap film on the affected area: this protective layer will help contain the infection and soothe the rash. After that, apply a thin layer of our Rainwater Farm Healing Salve. The all-natural, chemical free olive oil and beeswax base will soothe the itch, and the healing properties of the infused calendula, comfrey, goldenseal, and plantain along with the vitiman E oil and lavender will help heal the skin.
We received this “Salve testimonial” from Sandy S. in Zeeland, Michigan:
“I purchased your healing salve last in April with the intention of trying to heal my rough feet. In all honesty I didn’t really use it because the lavendar fragrace was a little overwhelming to me. I left it in the drawer however thinking that I would use it for another purpose. What a blessing that I did not use it for my heels. In November I contracted a very serious case of poison Ivy. I had two steriod shots, steriod cream, ivy washes and nothing was helping. I also tried many different types of compresses hoping to literally draw out the infection. My right arm was just a mess and he infection then spread to many different areas of my body as well as going internal. After trying just about everything I saw the jar of healing salve in my drawer and thought well why not. At least if anything it will help with the healing and with all the wonderful oils maybe it will not scar. I began nightly generously massaging the salve into my open sores. I then covered the area with pure soft white cotton socks used as sort of a sleeve and slept all night. Not nly did it help with the itching but the healing process was just remarkable. I now have just very light discoloration that I know will go away with time but the new skin is just as soft and beautiful as it can be. Many of my friends and relatives have been stunned by how good my arm looks. I think the steroids may have helped to some degree but in addition the healing salve worked miracles with the recovery process. I also have learned to love the smell that I idn’t like before as I now associate it with wonderful healing. Thank you Collette for your wonderful product.”