Damummis'- Auf wiedersehen

[pepper]

Goats will eat that up like its candy.

For the itchies, ammonia does a good job, just mist it on the itchy spots. If you don't have a bottle then check your windex/glass cleaner for ammonia, in a pinch I've misted with that and it works.

Also, wrapping a cool damp cloth around your arm will make it feel better. Throw a handful of damp washcloths in the freezer so there is always a cool one available.

 

[Denim Deb]

I've made a tea out of birch leaves. You take 1 handful of birch leaves (any kind of birch), and add it to 1 cup of boiling water. Turn off the burner, and let it steep for about 5-10 minutes, then strain. Apply it wherever you itch.

 

[Damummis]

Yes, I still have the goats. They are doing well, I might add. Hazel's coat is soft and shiny. Her abscess has healed and she is putting on weight. Daisy still has her lump. Some days it is bigger then others. She is shedding bad. Looks a little scabby. They both are producing more milk in one milking then they were in two when I first got them. I can't wait to get the animals up to the Knob. There is so much land they can roam. Eat what they want.

SD, After I thought about you thinking you were condescending, I had to laugh. This is one reason I hate communicating this way. There are so many ways to take things said online. I started to giggle during dinner. If you had been a fly on the wall when I read your post you would have seen a palm slap to the forehead followed by a "D'oh". Now try explaining that to the family.....

I am finding the calamine works best. My DD#2 15yrs old saw the calamine bottle, picks it up and asked what it was and for. I explained. As I am explaining I put some on my arm. "Wow, it's pink too?". See I have always taught the three leaf saying to the girls. We have never had to use the stuff.

 

[Farmfresh]

I was told yesterday by two different people that Tecnu is THE thing to cure poison ivy.

 

[FarmerJamie]

I was allergic to poison ivy and stuff like that as a kid, luckily, I grew out of it.

Calamine lotion was the standby, but also tried washing with Fels Naptha soap, a product called "Ivy Dry", and various and sundry other things.

 

[calendula]

I'm not sure if you have jewelweed growing in your area, but in my area, it is normally growing near the stinging nettle. So, if you get stung, you find some jewelweed and break the stem to get some juice from the plant on the affected area. I am pretty sure it works for poison oak and poison ivy also. It also works on bugbites.

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Jewelweed.html

 

[Damummis]

I'm not sure if you have jewelweed growing in your area, but in my area, it is normally growing near the stinging nettle. So, if you get stung, you find some jewelweed and break the stem to get some juice from the plant on the affected area. I am pretty sure it works for poison oak and poison ivy also. It also works on bugbites.

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Jewelweed.html

I do have tons of jewel weed here. It isn't up yet though. Too cold still. Winter won't end.......

 

[savingdogs]

Thank you calendula, I think that jewelweed does grow, I'll have to look for it now that I know its purpose!

 

[Denim Deb]

I'm not sure if you have jewelweed growing in your area, but in my area, it is normally growing near the stinging nettle. So, if you get stung, you find some jewelweed and break the stem to get some juice from the plant on the affected area. I am pretty sure it works for poison oak and poison ivy also. It also works on bugbites.

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Jewelweed.html

I do have tons of jewel weed here. It isn't up yet though. Too cold still. Winter won't end.......

And that's why I didn't post that remedy. I haven't seen any around here yet, so figured it probably wasn't up where you are. :/

ETA: Jewel weed is also known as touch me not in certain areas of the country. It's because when the seed pods are ready to release the seeds, if you touch them, they burst!

 

[AnnaRaven]

I'm not sure if you have jewelweed growing in your area, but in my area, it is normally growing near the stinging nettle. So, if you get stung, you find some jewelweed and break the stem to get some juice from the plant on the affected area. I am pretty sure it works for poison oak and poison ivy also. It also works on bugbites.

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Jewelweed.html

I do have tons of jewel weed here. It isn't up yet though. Too cold still. Winter won't end.......

And that's why I didn't post that remedy. I haven't seen any around here yet, so figured it probably wasn't up where you are. :/

ETA: Jewel weed is also known as touch me not in certain areas of the country. It's because when the seed pods are ready to release the seeds, if you touch them, they burst!

My kids loved touch me not up in Wisconsin when we used to go camping up there. They thought it was so fun to touch them so they'd burst.