Fun fact: I'm not allergic to poison ivy... because when I was little we had goats. Those goats ate the poison ivy. I drank the goats milk, building up a natural tolerance to it! I haven't had goats milk in over 30yrs & I can still rip poison ivy down bare-handed! (I still have to be careful & wash my hands/clothes before I touch my sons or husband though đ) Jewel weed is amazing stuff though! I think it's pretty, too!
â@@rickwilliams967 Actually, it kinda is. It depends on the allergen of course, but exposure at young ages often does give you immunity. Read about why the FDA stopped recommending no peanuts for babies. It was increasing peanut allergies across the country. â ïž WARNING: Don't expose your kid to allergens thinking it just works. It depends on many factors including geneticsâ ïž
About 20% of people aren't allergic to urishiol oil. It seems to be genetic and has nothing to do with consuming mammalian secretions from beasts that eat poison ivy
My dad doesn't get the rash and didn't even think about it ... Just threw all the "brush" in the fire. I was also hospitalized. Not a fun weekend for me in the hospital, and not a fun weekend for my dad at home with my mom! đź (When they weren't with me)
I only recently learned it had that effect from my boss. He lit a bonfire in a woodpile which was left to stand for a few months, during which time poison ivey had grown throughout. Eleven people wound up in the hospital from it.
As another person who gets poison oak by even discussing it, the rubbing alcohol works! Im mad that the first 30years of my life was painful suffering due to the lack of knowledge Pro tip: put the rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle and spray yourself down after a hike. I even spray it on my dog and wife (sheâs immune). Follow up with lotion of course (coconut oil for the dog). Also deodorizes clothes and sweaty seats
Cop: âSir I pulled you over for your tint but now Iâm smelling an odor coming from your car⊠have you been drinking sir?â Me:âitâs for poison ivy đïžđđïžâ
as kid i used to spend all my time in the woods just being in the woods... and i got poison ivy no matter what i did. no matter how careful i was with identifying plants, staying away from anything even remotely green, cleaning thoroughly.. eventually i just learned nature is a dick and its better to not go in the woods.
I've spent hundreds of hours in the woods all my life, in four different states, and only ever heard of poison ivy in elementary school maybe. Never paid any attention to what plants I was next to. Listening to all this makes me feel like I'm beyond lucky. đłđ
Mowing yesterday reminds me of a load of clothes that I plan to wash. After I brushed through a bunch of it, I went inside and put rubbing alcohol on a rag and wiped it off. Then washed with soap. Followed with a coating of betadine. I get it easier than most, however I feel fine and so far no itching. Maybe someone else can also benefit from my extra added to this info. It sure beats the couple weeks of irritation .
You sure about that? I can push through a tall patch in shorts and T-shirt with no allergic reaction. Built up immunity through exposure as a child. First exposure was a bad rash. Not to the level of anaphylactic shock obviously. Same with honey bee, wasp, stings. Almost no reaction now. Stinging nettles still gets me pretty good. Didn't have much exposure.
â@@Ton0987He is prolly right. Too much of anything is bad. Too much water, bad. Too much oxygen, bad. You prolly will never ever be in a situation like that though. Do be caucious when you get older. Our bodies get weaker and weaker until we die.
@Ton0987 none of those things have Urushiol. Yes, I'm sure about it. Feel free to check and report back. Most people get a small rash followed by nothing for a few times (or a few 100 times depending on your body), and then one day, your tolerance will end.
Worked at a camp last summer where I routinely had to go into a high weed area. Never once got poison ivy rashes unlike my coworkers. Brought it up to my parents and found out my dads family isnât allergic to it, and I got the lucky gene. My dad, grandpa, and grandma all worked in forest preserves and partied.
At Canadian Forces Base Shilo in the province of Manitoba, there is a rather extreme form of poison ivy. Legend has it that in the 90s, the military wanted to get rid of the poison ivy in the training area. They sprayed a chemical that was supposed to kill the poison ivy but allegedly it made the plant much more potent giving it the unofficial name, "Nuclear Poison Ivy". I remember coming back from an exercise where we operated in an area that had particularly large concentrations of the plant. Lots of guys got it so bad all over their faces and hands they were all swelled up like they had a bad peanut allergy. Real nasty stuff.
When I was little, I had poison ivy all over my face and arms. I was addicted to taking a hot shower and itching it constantly to ensure feeling it intensely whenever I took one. It was amazing.
Try cold room temp water next time. Heat opens the pores and allows the urushiol to penetrate easier. I used to do it the other way, now more successful rubbing off with a solvent soaked rag ASAP. Alcohol and then vinegar on another clean rag.
In my entire 34yrs of life I had never once had a reaction to poison ivy despite running around in the bush on a regular basis. Last summer I touched some at the beach and then had the most intense reaction. From knees to elbows I was covered in oozing, scabbing sores. Every once and a while Iâll unknowingly touch something that still has the oil on it from that day and Iâll have a mini reaction.!
The plant you used to wipe the birch oil is actually what I use when I do get poison ivy, which isn't often because I'm mostly immune from getting it so many times
Iâm the only one in my family that is highly allergic to poison ivy. And Iâm the only one who enjoys being in the woods. But I found dawn dish soap helps too hell most dish soaps
I work in the tree business and this is the third week in a row having poison ivy, even using different poison ivy creams it still stays for 4 - 10 days.
When I was a kid, Iâd get into poison ivy real bad at least once a year. The way my dad always fixed it was bleach. Heâd get some bleach on a rag and rub the area real rough a few times. Eventually itâd dry up
Soap also spreads it around. Always flush with water for a good long while before bathing with soap. I like the alcohol idea too, never thought of that, makes sense. Jewel weed good to know too. Love this channel đ
Urushiol dissolves in alcohol(s) and something like Dawn is a surfactant which basically makes the oil less oily. Dish soap will obviously remove it but it may spread it, whereas something like a baby wipe should wipe up the urushiol similar to a corny Bounty paper towel commercial
Baby wipes are soaked in tertiary alcohols so they are (theoretically) sufficient. I've used them for years after every hike and never had any problems. Lightweight in a pack obviously, and you can always use them to poop if you have to
@@Natediggetydog a surfactant does have the ability to spread the urushiol. By using a baby wipe you have something you can carry on you and use directly after contact making it less likely to absorb into the skin and dry as you walk or be spread via sweating. The wipe should theoretically dissolve the urushiol as you wipe it, as long as you do so purposefully by doing it slowly so as the alcohol has time to dissolve as the wipe absorbs the solution formed. I'm just explaining my reasoning, not disagreeing with you. Washing after is a very good idea and often I'll make my kids take a shower after a hike if I think exposure is likely, but there is a very good reason why something like a baby wipe(or whatever alternative wipe as long as it contains some form of alcohol) is a good first line of defense, particularly when out where washing isn't exactly accessible. People who react strongly to urushiol surely need to prioritize getting it off quickly and without risk of spreading it further. The only caveat being you need to take care you're not spreading a mild urushiol solution onto your hands as you wipe, but unless you make your own they shouldn't be so wet as to do that
And you got to be so careful because I know somebody many many years ago who is clearing out his yard and he decided to do a burn pile and in that burn pile was poison oak or poison ivy. The smoke got into their lungs and they passed away
I've actually found rubbing alcohol to be helpful when I have the rash. The key to to dry out the rash. I scratch the rash hard with a cotton swab soaked in alcohol. It burns like hell but helps remove any remaining oil and dries out the rash. You won't spread it by itching the rash, you spread it by getting the oil on your skin. The mistake people make is not getting the oil off of their skin. If you think you have gotten near it and don't want to rub your entire body down in rubbing alcohol, do a few thorough full body washes as soon as possible with water as hot as you can stand it and dawn dish soap. The soap will help remove any of the harmful oils from your skin, also wash your clothes and boots with it as well (provided it won't ruin your footwear). Finally, the best thing to help with the itch is ice. The cold helps relieve the itch. Itching only makes it itch more, so don't scratch it.
I always use something to pop all of the rash and scratch my skin open and put either bleach or alcohol on it. Hurts like a mf but its always gone in 2-3 days. Worth it every time.
Learned the hard way after using a shovel that had been in contact with poison ivy the next year I used it and got poison ivy from it then learned the alcohol trick and that wrks
If you get in contact with it- wash yourself with dawn 2-3 times and then use regular soap. Itâs a process, but if you get to it within a few hours, you shouldnât get a rash. I used to have to go to the hospital Iâd get such a bad reaction to it in the summer and this method kept me from getting rashes for years now
Had it so bad a few years ago I ended in the ER in mental distress from not sleeping for four days. They gave me prednisone. It was all gone in 36 hours. WHY DONâT THEY JUST GIVE YOU PREDNISONE RIGHT AWAY đ
I USED to not be allergic at all. The doc told me that with every exposure, your immunity decreases until one day, it doesn't work anymore. Now I'm HIGHLY sensitive to it. I don't go on walks in the woods anymore, and if I see it, I won't go anywhere near it. đą
Of course, soap and water is the recommended cleaning method. However, speed is of the essence! If you don't get it off your skin within 20 minutes or so, you're in for a bad time. Some people are far more sensitive than other people, and can get poison ivy from the pollen, and can have their whole body react.(I already got it once so far this year. Not pleasant.)
Fun fact: if you're clearing out brush overgrowth be careful if you burn it because the smoke will carry the vapors of the oil and it's just like letting the plant touch you !
Use to play in patches of this stuff as a kid. Would hear the other kids complaining, and I always thought they were kidding about rashes. I just hated the smell. Never got a rash.
I grew up in Northern Virginia, and we had poison ivy everywhere. I got some very, very bad cases of it when I was younger. I did know about the jewelweed connection (they do often grow together) but was never able to make it work. I did not know about rubbing alcohol til I saw this video. Great channel. Last weekend our family camped in southwestern Oregon, and there was poison oak everywhere, along with Oregon white oak (Garry oak) and it seemed like the poison oak was doing its very best to imitate it, but if you looked close enough, you could definitely see the differences. I hate the stuff. Where we live, it is pretty scarce. Edit: I find it hard to touch the image of the stuff on my phone in order to exit the video.
This ACTUALLY works - when youâve been exposed to poison oak or ivy immediately try to get into cold flowing water (river, creek, garden hose) and scrub yourself down. Even better, if you have access to dish soap (e.g. Dawn or something similar) then apply it all over or wherever you think you touched it and then wash it off with a hose.
A few years ago I put one drop of the sap on my wrist to see if I reacted to it. 8 weeks later, after having to tape hand towels around my arm when guaze bandages stopped doing the trick, the lesions finally cleared up. The scars took a year or so longer. Now I follow the âleaves three: let it beâ adage.
Im highly allergic to poison ivy, sumac and many others. One thing i learned the hard way was that my dog would also spread this to me. He runs through the bushes. Gets the oil on him. Then spreads it to any blankets etc. He always gets a bath now no matter how "clean" he looks.
These comments sure are full of people who've never actually seen poison ivy but are convinced they've run through it and are immune. đ You'll learn...few people are really immune to it.
I used to roll around the woods, all the time as a kid, and played near ivy. It never bothered me at all, I'm not allergic to anything. But you can believe what you want to that it's rate not to be allergic
â@@RifullOfTheWest I'm the exact same. I've been around ivy multiple times birding. I've seen people break out in bad rashes, but made and my friend don't so this guy is capping.
Iâm not immune, but im not too susceptible to it either, the worst Iâve ever gotten from poison ivy is redness and itching. My dad on the other hand gets nasty hives that ooze pus
I'm deadly allergic to poison ivy. I've had 3 major problems. The solution...... Dawn dish detergent. When you get back you jump in the shower and scrub yourself down with it and you're good.
Used to be deathly allergic, now i dont even get a rash. Used to scrub anything and everything that might have it, now im a walking menace, probably wiping the oils on everything i touch.
Was on a job site years ago, the superintendent found a bunch of poison ivy where we had to work. He thought if we burned it, should solve the problem. Nope. The smoke seemed to amplify the problem lol.
My cats used to go outside and brush against the plant and get the oil on their fur. They then came inside and would sleep on the pillows, thus, transferring the oil from fur to pillow case. And, of course, until I figured this out I slept on the pillow.đą
I almost died from poison ivy when I was a kid. Apparently I scratched until I bled while I was sleeping causing it to get into my bloodstream and spreading it everywhere. I woke up barely able to breathe from the swelling in my throat and my eyes were swollen completely shut. It was a horrible experience
So many times I point it out to people and they don't believe me and/or ignore my warning. They expect it to be more isolated but it's extremely prolific here
Poison oak is three leaves also. The leaves just have deeper lobes than poison ivy. Also, that catchy little saying cause people to avoid dozens upon dozens of nutritious and medicinal herbs. Not good to teach anyone that rhyme as though it's true. It's not
@@ScottWConvid19 As I stated it's a good poem for hikers, campers and kids. I didn't mention foragers starving in the woods or herbalists looking for medicine.
Similar thing to poison oak. We ran through a huge patch of it when my sister and I were kids. We were near the beach so we were told to wade in the water for a little bit to wash off the oils from the poison oak. It seemed to have worked since we didn't get any rashes afterwards. Maybe it has to do with the salt water? Perhaps this could work on poison ivy too
We don't have poison ivy in Australia, thankfully, although we do have the gympie gympie plant (aka the s*icide plant)... Fortunately the gympie gympie is distinctive enough for most people to be able to avoid it.
Clay also works great for removing it. Iâm not sure how it worked but I got it all over my forearms and covered it in wet clay and after it dried I was fine
Iâm 40 now and from southern Mo. I am the only one I know thatâs not allergic in my family. I did hear that someone can become allergic but for me Iâm good for now.
I work at a golf course in so cal and itâs all over the creeks and lakes here. If I know I have Iâve been exposed Iâll isolate the area then wipe it off with a rag soaked with dish soap and water in one direction so the water is running away from my body. If itâs on my clothes, I say âshit.â
When I was a small kid, in first grade, my dad was burning brush. Burnt a bunch of poison ivy, and I got it internally in my lungs and throat it was so bad he had to take me to the hospital. For years I used to get it so bad. But now it seems I've built up a resistance to it. I'll get a couple small bumps but that's it.
I can pull up the stuff with my bear hands and nothing happens, but if I cut it I can get it. I finds that if you take the leaves of the sumac tree/bush and steap them and wash the area with the water it gets rid of it overnight. Yes you can use it on broken area. This is a nativede remedy
Iâm highly allergic to where I got it on my arm and my entire face swelled up. I could still see and breath but it scared the hell out of me as a kid. Had to sit around with a cold wash cloth on my face to bring the swelling down. Thankfully it cleared it and went away
I am super allergic to poison but havenât had a bad reaction in a really long time because I know the cure itâs just hot soap and water and half a Benadryl a couple times a day for a few days.
Long ago used a climbing treestand when bowhunting. I climbed the tree before daylight not paying attention to the vine growing on the tree. After it was light, I realized my mistake and I was scared s***less. Fortunately, it was very cold and I had dressed in several layers of clothing. I came down, walked back to my truck and undressed VERY CAREFULLY.. I just got a small patch of rash on the back of one hand.
Jewel weed is a staple in my hiking first aid kit (I made a salve from the plant). Is there a video on how to make the birch oil?! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Fun fact: I'm not allergic to poison ivy... because when I was little we had goats. Those goats ate the poison ivy. I drank the goats milk, building up a natural tolerance to it! I haven't had goats milk in over 30yrs & I can still rip poison ivy down bare-handed! (I still have to be careful & wash my hands/clothes before I touch my sons or husband though đ)
Jewel weed is amazing stuff though! I think it's pretty, too!
That's not how allergies work.
Then why am I not allergic to it? Ive never drank poison ivy laced goats milk
â@@rickwilliams967 Actually, it kinda is. It depends on the allergen of course, but exposure at young ages often does give you immunity. Read about why the FDA stopped recommending no peanuts for babies. It was increasing peanut allergies across the country.
â ïž WARNING: Don't expose your kid to allergens thinking it just works. It depends on many factors including geneticsâ ïž
About 20% of people aren't allergic to urishiol oil. It seems to be genetic and has nothing to do with consuming mammalian secretions from beasts that eat poison ivy
I don't get poison ivy either. Friends and family are always amazed when I walk right through it or rip up the plant barehanded.
An idiot neighbor of mine burned a patch of it and the smoke blew toward my house and I breathed it in.
Ended up in the hospital!!đą
That's grounds to sue.
My dad doesn't get the rash and didn't even think about it ... Just threw all the "brush" in the fire. I was also hospitalized. Not a fun weekend for me in the hospital, and not a fun weekend for my dad at home with my mom! đź (When they weren't with me)
Damn seriously?
â@@luke_fabis For what?
I only recently learned it had that effect from my boss. He lit a bonfire in a woodpile which was left to stand for a few months, during which time poison ivey had grown throughout. Eleven people wound up in the hospital from it.
As another person who gets poison oak by even discussing it, the rubbing alcohol works! Im mad that the first 30years of my life was painful suffering due to the lack of knowledge
Pro tip: put the rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle and spray yourself down after a hike. I even spray it on my dog and wife (sheâs immune). Follow up with lotion of course (coconut oil for the dog).
Also deodorizes clothes and sweaty seats
Are you with the above commenter?
â@@Filthee_casualLol I was thinking that too.
I'm nervous being, This close to it! Nope. A bunch of nope.
Cop: âSir I pulled you over for your tint but now Iâm smelling an odor coming from your car⊠have you been drinking sir?â
Me:âitâs for poison ivy đïžđđïžâ
Poison ivy is proly better for my skin than a disinfectant
The natural remedies are the key for surviving in the wild and we appreciate you for showing us that part.
Natural remedies for what that stuff only hurts white people and only white people walk in it lmao
I'm sure they're legit, too. Unlike most of the things sold as "natural / holistic / etc etc., pseudoscientific buzzwords.
Props on the jewel weed knowledge! Show them how they can tell what jewel weed is and how you can tell or why they call it jewel weed
And those little blue spring-loaded seeds from jewelweed are delicious in late summer and early autumn. Trail treat.
as kid i used to spend all my time in the woods just being in the woods... and i got poison ivy no matter what i did. no matter how careful i was with identifying plants, staying away from anything even remotely green, cleaning thoroughly.. eventually i just learned nature is a dick and its better to not go in the woods.
If youre inattentive and and low situational awareness, the woods may not be for you lol.
I've spent hundreds of hours in the woods all my life, in four different states, and only ever heard of poison ivy in elementary school maybe. Never paid any attention to what plants I was next to. Listening to all this makes me feel like I'm beyond lucky. đłđ
You have no idea. I've had in inside my tallywhacker cuz I had the oil on my hands, before it caused the rash, then went #1. Worst 2 weeks of my life.
I used to roll around in it, as a kid not even knowing it was ivy, and it had no effect on me.
Guess what if someoneâs burning it and the smoke gets on you containing the oil you can get it that way as well
Yes and it can be deadly. Do not EVER burn poison ivy!
Mowing yesterday reminds me of a load of clothes that I plan to wash. After I brushed through a bunch of it, I went inside and put rubbing alcohol on a rag and wiped it off. Then washed with soap. Followed with a coating of betadine. I get it easier than most, however I feel fine and so far no itching. Maybe someone else can also benefit from my extra added to this info. It sure beats the couple weeks of irritation .
Our bodies have a limit to how much Urushiol it can take. Even if you think you are immune to poison ivy, you are not. Your tolerance is just high.
If you get into too much poison ivy, you probably have a dangerous allergic reaction next time you eat a mango
You sure about that? I can push through a tall patch in shorts and T-shirt with no allergic reaction. Built up immunity through exposure as a child. First exposure was a bad rash. Not to the level of anaphylactic shock obviously.
Same with honey bee, wasp, stings. Almost no reaction now. Stinging nettles still gets me pretty good. Didn't have much exposure.
â@@Ton0987He is prolly right.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much water, bad.
Too much oxygen, bad.
You prolly will never ever be in a situation like that though.
Do be caucious when you get older.
Our bodies get weaker and weaker until we die.
@Ton0987 none of those things have Urushiol. Yes, I'm sure about it. Feel free to check and report back. Most people get a small rash followed by nothing for a few times (or a few 100 times depending on your body), and then one day, your tolerance will end.
I can roll in it or cut it for hours and it won't bother me a bit, im immune đ
Worked at a camp last summer where I routinely had to go into a high weed area. Never once got poison ivy rashes unlike my coworkers. Brought it up to my parents and found out my dads family isnât allergic to it, and I got the lucky gene. My dad, grandpa, and grandma all worked in forest preserves and partied.
At Canadian Forces Base Shilo in the province of Manitoba, there is a rather extreme form of poison ivy. Legend has it that in the 90s, the military wanted to get rid of the poison ivy in the training area. They sprayed a chemical that was supposed to kill the poison ivy but allegedly it made the plant much more potent giving it the unofficial name, "Nuclear Poison Ivy". I remember coming back from an exercise where we operated in an area that had particularly large concentrations of the plant. Lots of guys got it so bad all over their faces and hands they were all swelled up like they had a bad peanut allergy. Real nasty stuff.
Holy crap. If you can do that on accident can you imagine what someone who wants to do it can achieve? Terrifying..
For some reason i have no reaction to poison ivy or oak. Im immune to it.
"we're gonna test that!"
-Project Farm
-and maybe Mother Nature haha
Same here, and I could be happier, being as I spend most of my time on the river or lake and on the beaches
When I was little, I had poison ivy all over my face and arms. I was addicted to taking a hot shower and itching it constantly to ensure feeling it intensely whenever I took one. It was amazing.
I know this feeling. The hot water makes you itch more but in a satisfying way. It's very hard to explain.
Try cold room temp water next time.
Heat opens the pores and allows the urushiol to penetrate easier. I used to do it the other way, now more successful rubbing off with a solvent soaked rag ASAP. Alcohol and then vinegar on another clean rag.
Hot water causes it to release the histamine. It does feel pretty good tho..
@@donbailey6600 yeah I'm not saying it's good for it or anything. I'm just saying it felt amazing.
@@donbailey6600 thank u for telling me btw.
In my entire 34yrs of life I had never once had a reaction to poison ivy despite running around in the bush on a regular basis.
Last summer I touched some at the beach and then had the most intense reaction. From knees to elbows I was covered in oozing, scabbing sores.
Every once and a while Iâll unknowingly touch something that still has the oil on it from that day and Iâll have a mini reaction.!
The plant you used to wipe the birch oil is actually what I use when I do get poison ivy, which isn't often because I'm mostly immune from getting it so many times
Iâm the only one in my family that is highly allergic to poison ivy. And Iâm the only one who enjoys being in the woods. But I found dawn dish soap helps too hell most dish soaps
I work in the tree business and this is the third week in a row having poison ivy, even using different poison ivy creams it still stays for 4 - 10 days.
Maybe get some protective clothing and some gloves? Not sure if that's feasible but that's the first thing I'd try.
Amazing how we all have the same stories of it not affecting us... I guess our dads and grandpas had some good DNA
Maybe we are really bad at plant identification
So what you're saying is poison oak has oil on it that gets on you and makes you itch?
WOW. đź
"Leaves of three, let it be"
When I was a kid, Iâd get into poison ivy real bad at least once a year. The way my dad always fixed it was bleach. Heâd get some bleach on a rag and rub the area real rough a few times. Eventually itâd dry up
Soap also spreads it around. Always flush with water for a good long while before bathing with soap. I like the alcohol idea too, never thought of that, makes sense. Jewel weed good to know too. Love this channel đ
No use dawn dish soap immediately
Urushiol dissolves in alcohol(s) and something like Dawn is a surfactant which basically makes the oil less oily. Dish soap will obviously remove it but it may spread it, whereas something like a baby wipe should wipe up the urushiol similar to a corny Bounty paper towel commercial
I got it so much that I donât get it really anymore. đ
Baby wipes are soaked in tertiary alcohols so they are (theoretically) sufficient. I've used them for years after every hike and never had any problems. Lightweight in a pack obviously, and you can always use them to poop if you have to
You donât need alcohol specifically to clean it off, just anything that is good at washing off oils. Dish soap, or even hand soap, also works.
@@Natediggetydog a surfactant does have the ability to spread the urushiol. By using a baby wipe you have something you can carry on you and use directly after contact making it less likely to absorb into the skin and dry as you walk or be spread via sweating. The wipe should theoretically dissolve the urushiol as you wipe it, as long as you do so purposefully by doing it slowly so as the alcohol has time to dissolve as the wipe absorbs the solution formed.
I'm just explaining my reasoning, not disagreeing with you. Washing after is a very good idea and often I'll make my kids take a shower after a hike if I think exposure is likely, but there is a very good reason why something like a baby wipe(or whatever alternative wipe as long as it contains some form of alcohol) is a good first line of defense, particularly when out where washing isn't exactly accessible. People who react strongly to urushiol surely need to prioritize getting it off quickly and without risk of spreading it further. The only caveat being you need to take care you're not spreading a mild urushiol solution onto your hands as you wipe, but unless you make your own they shouldn't be so wet as to do that
Ive always scratched it open and put alcohol on it.
Brilliant information thank you
And you got to be so careful because I know somebody many many years ago who is clearing out his yard and he decided to do a burn pile and in that burn pile was poison oak or poison ivy. The smoke got into their lungs and they passed away
Love this channel Iâve learned so much thank you for the content đ
Finally, a kind of oil which US military won't touch
Until they figure out a way to weaponize it!
Dawn dish soap works great to remove the oil as well.
I'm not allergic actually but can you score me some of that jewel weed man?đ
I use orange glow hand soap to get the oil off of me
It seems a lot of people donât realize that poison ivy, poison oak, and sumac all have the same active chemical in them. Urushiol.
So do cashew and mango trees I think
I love your videos these about the poison ivy tips are much needed
I've actually found rubbing alcohol to be helpful when I have the rash. The key to to dry out the rash. I scratch the rash hard with a cotton swab soaked in alcohol. It burns like hell but helps remove any remaining oil and dries out the rash.
You won't spread it by itching the rash, you spread it by getting the oil on your skin. The mistake people make is not getting the oil off of their skin.
If you think you have gotten near it and don't want to rub your entire body down in rubbing alcohol, do a few thorough full body washes as soon as possible with water as hot as you can stand it and dawn dish soap. The soap will help remove any of the harmful oils from your skin, also wash your clothes and boots with it as well (provided it won't ruin your footwear).
Finally, the best thing to help with the itch is ice. The cold helps relieve the itch. Itching only makes it itch more, so don't scratch it.
I always use something to pop all of the rash and scratch my skin open and put either bleach or alcohol on it. Hurts like a mf but its always gone in 2-3 days. Worth it every time.
Learned the hard way after using a shovel that had been in contact with poison ivy the next year I used it and got poison ivy from it then learned the alcohol trick and that wrks
When you know you've rubbed against it,, spit on the spot and rub...gone , but you do have to act somewhat fast
Thank you quick and to the point
If you get in contact with it- wash yourself with dawn 2-3 times and then use regular soap. Itâs a process, but if you get to it within a few hours, you shouldnât get a rash.
I used to have to go to the hospital Iâd get such a bad reaction to it in the summer and this method kept me from getting rashes for years now
Thanks for the video. Very informative
Great demo!
Had it so bad a few years ago I ended in the ER in mental distress from not sleeping for four days.
They gave me prednisone. It was all gone in 36 hours.
WHY DONâT THEY JUST GIVE YOU PREDNISONE RIGHT AWAY đ
Thank you for the advice! đČ
I USED to not be allergic at all. The doc told me that with every exposure, your immunity decreases until one day, it doesn't work anymore. Now I'm HIGHLY sensitive to it. I don't go on walks in the woods anymore, and if I see it, I won't go anywhere near it. đą
Of course, soap and water is the recommended cleaning method. However, speed is of the essence! If you don't get it off your skin within 20 minutes or so, you're in for a bad time. Some people are far more sensitive than other people, and can get poison ivy from the pollen, and can have their whole body react.(I already got it once so far this year. Not pleasant.)
Fun fact: if you're clearing out brush overgrowth be careful if you burn it because the smoke will carry the vapors of the oil and it's just like letting the plant touch you !
Great information! Fortunately, I'm one of those that aren't allergic to Poison Ivy or Poison Oak. I can rub the leaves on my skin and be fine.
Use to play in patches of this stuff as a kid. Would hear the other kids complaining, and I always thought they were kidding about rashes. I just hated the smell. Never got a rash.
I grew up in Northern Virginia, and we had poison ivy everywhere. I got some very, very bad cases of it when I was younger. I did know about the jewelweed connection (they do often grow together) but was never able to make it work. I did not know about rubbing alcohol til I saw this video. Great channel.
Last weekend our family camped in southwestern Oregon, and there was poison oak everywhere, along with Oregon white oak (Garry oak) and it seemed like the poison oak was doing its very best to imitate it, but if you looked close enough, you could definitely see the differences. I hate the stuff. Where we live, it is pretty scarce.
Edit: I find it hard to touch the image of the stuff on my phone in order to exit the video.
This ACTUALLY works - when youâve been exposed to poison oak or ivy immediately try to get into cold flowing water (river, creek, garden hose) and scrub yourself down. Even better, if you have access to dish soap (e.g. Dawn or something similar) then apply it all over or wherever you think you touched it and then wash it off with a hose.
Also use cold water to wash instead of hot.
Hot will spread the oil all over your skin...
Right on. Love your roll.
A few years ago I put one drop of the sap on my wrist to see if I reacted to it. 8 weeks later, after having to tape hand towels around my arm when guaze bandages stopped doing the trick, the lesions finally cleared up. The scars took a year or so longer. Now I follow the âleaves three: let it beâ adage.
The tip with the jewel weed is so cool
Just out in the woods about 30 minutes ago.....saw the poison ivy.
Didn't know about rubbing alcohol, so will carry some with me from now on. Thanks
NW giant ferns also produce a spore that will help neutralize the oils and well as help with stinging nettle
Im highly allergic to poison ivy, sumac and many others. One thing i learned the hard way was that my dog would also spread this to me. He runs through the bushes. Gets the oil on him. Then spreads it to any blankets etc. He always gets a bath now no matter how "clean" he looks.
Awesome lesson and information; thank you for sharing!
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These comments sure are full of people who've never actually seen poison ivy but are convinced they've run through it and are immune. đ You'll learn...few people are really immune to it.
I used to roll around the woods, all the time as a kid, and played near ivy. It never bothered me at all, I'm not allergic to anything. But you can believe what you want to that it's rate not to be allergic
â@@RifullOfTheWest I'm the exact same. I've been around ivy multiple times birding. I've seen people break out in bad rashes, but made and my friend don't so this guy is capping.
Iâm not immune, but im not too susceptible to it either, the worst Iâve ever gotten from poison ivy is redness and itching. My dad on the other hand gets nasty hives that ooze pus
I'm deadly allergic to poison ivy. I've had 3 major problems. The solution...... Dawn dish detergent. When you get back you jump in the shower and scrub yourself down with it and you're good.
Used to be deathly allergic, now i dont even get a rash. Used to scrub anything and everything that might have it, now im a walking menace, probably wiping the oils on everything i touch.
Was on a job site years ago, the superintendent found a bunch of poison ivy where we had to work.
He thought if we burned it, should solve the problem.
Nope. The smoke seemed to amplify the problem lol.
Does absolutely nothing to me, I used to get a laugh covering myself with it & rubbing against jerks
My cats used to go outside and brush against the plant and get the oil on their fur. They then came inside and would sleep on the pillows, thus, transferring the oil from fur to pillow case. And, of course, until I figured this out I slept on the pillow.đą
I almost died from poison ivy when I was a kid. Apparently I scratched until I bled while I was sleeping causing it to get into my bloodstream and spreading it everywhere. I woke up barely able to breathe from the swelling in my throat and my eyes were swollen completely shut. It was a horrible experience
Never ran into poison ivy.. but stinging nettle I've come into contact with.. rub with fern that always grows next to it.
That oil makes for very fine lacquer, though. It's hazardous to work with, but the end result is both durable and gorgeous.
So many times I point it out to people and they don't believe me and/or ignore my warning. They expect it to be more isolated but it's extremely prolific here
Too many plants around me look like that. Lol
Leaves of 3 leave it be (poison ivy) leaves of 5 it's just jive (Virginia Creeper no urushiol) leaves of 7 itch to high heaven(poison oak)
This is a good poem about the leaf axis patterns to remember when camping/hiking and to teach your kids
Poison oak is three leaves also. The leaves just have deeper lobes than poison ivy. Also, that catchy little saying cause people to avoid dozens upon dozens of nutritious and medicinal herbs. Not good to teach anyone that rhyme as though it's true. It's not
@@ScottWConvid19 As I stated it's a good poem for hikers, campers and kids. I didn't mention foragers starving in the woods or herbalists looking for medicine.
â@@ScottWConvid19oh please...it has helped more then hindered, no one passed away from any deficiencies.
â@@cactustree505Hahađ
Similar thing to poison oak. We ran through a huge patch of it when my sister and I were kids. We were near the beach so we were told to wade in the water for a little bit to wash off the oils from the poison oak. It seemed to have worked since we didn't get any rashes afterwards. Maybe it has to do with the salt water? Perhaps this could work on poison ivy too
I would break out just standing near that! đźđąđ
We don't have poison ivy in Australia, thankfully, although we do have the gympie gympie plant (aka the s*icide plant)... Fortunately the gympie gympie is distinctive enough for most people to be able to avoid it.
Clay also works great for removing it. Iâm not sure how it worked but I got it all over my forearms and covered it in wet clay and after it dried I was fine
Iâm 40 now and from southern Mo. I am the only one I know thatâs not allergic in my family. I did hear that someone can become allergic but for me Iâm good for now.
I am highly allergic to poison ivy. I have used jewel weed and it does work. Luckily it grows all over my yard, but so does poison ivy.
I work at a golf course in so cal and itâs all over the creeks and lakes here. If I know I have Iâve been exposed Iâll isolate the area then wipe it off with a rag soaked with dish soap and water in one direction so the water is running away from my body. If itâs on my clothes, I say âshit.â
When I was a small kid, in first grade, my dad was burning brush. Burnt a bunch of poison ivy, and I got it internally in my lungs and throat it was so bad he had to take me to the hospital. For years I used to get it so bad. But now it seems I've built up a resistance to it. I'll get a couple small bumps but that's it.
Virginia creeper can be bad too but it depends on the person. The stuff is like an evil version of the common wild grape.
I can pull up the stuff with my bear hands and nothing happens, but if I cut it I can get it. I finds that if you take the leaves of the sumac tree/bush and steap them and wash the area with the water it gets rid of it overnight. Yes you can use it on broken area. This is a nativede remedy
At first, I thought they were mosquitoâs bites until they start to spread all over my body.
Blue Dawn dish soap, followed up with 'Fels-Naptha' Bar Soap... from the Ole scouting days...
I just got a rash just watching your video about poison ivy!
Iâm highly allergic to where I got it on my arm and my entire face swelled up. I could still see and breath but it scared the hell out of me as a kid. Had to sit around with a cold wash cloth on my face to bring the swelling down. Thankfully it cleared it and went away
I am super allergic to poison but havenât had a bad reaction in a really long time because I know the cure itâs just hot soap and water and half a Benadryl a couple times a day for a few days.
I bet it would make great hot sauce
Or riot control gas.
Sorry that's my sociopathy popping up.
â@@Shockgueyit might be closer to a war crime
I knew about using jewelweed to soothe mosquito bites but I didn't know it was also good for poison ivy, that's awesome
I'm so thankful I'm not allergic to poison ivy or oak
I believe you only have less than 20 mins to wash it off before it soaks into your skin. So best to wash off as fast as possible
Long ago used a climbing treestand when bowhunting. I climbed the tree before daylight not paying attention to the vine growing on the tree. After it was light, I realized my mistake and I was scared s***less. Fortunately, it was very cold and I had dressed in several layers of clothing. I came down, walked back to my truck and undressed VERY CAREFULLY.. I just got a small patch of rash on the back of one hand.
Jewel weed is a staple in my hiking first aid kit (I made a salve from the plant). Is there a video on how to make the birch oil?! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Dawn dishwashing liquid works well too
those little square alcohol medical wipes are life savers if u think u touched poison ivy