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                                Poison Ivy

 

Condition

Method Of Treatment

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy leaves  

poison ivy

applied - sugar of lead acetate  

poison ivy

applied - silver leaf  

poison ivy

applied - poison ivy leaves  

poison ivy

sulphur  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

applied - gun powder rubbed  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

performed - urinate  

poison ivy

performed - bathe in water in which babies have been steeped; bathing in water in which manzanita leaves have been steeped  

poison ivy

Crushed touch-me-not or crushed nightshade with milk  

poison ivy

applied - coffee, soda  

poison ivy

potato juice  

poison ivy

ingested - five-leaf ivy tea.  

poison ivy

applied - gunpowder, cream  

poison ivy

applied - solution of water and saltpetre (saltpeter)  

poison ivy

applied - poison ivy leaves; ingested - poison ivy root  

poison ivy

ingested - sulphur, molasses, saltpeter  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

plantain leaf decoction  

poison ivy

applied - apple cider vinegar, water  

poison ivy

applied - water in which blacksmith quenches red hot iron  

poison ivy

applied - liquid from boiled peach leaves  

poison ivy

applied - water  

poison ivy

Sugar or lead  

poison ivy

applied - pale jewelweed  

poison ivy

applied - gunpowder, lard  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - pure apple vinegar  

poison ivy

applied - astragalus nitidus  

poison ivy

applied - rub gun powder  

poison ivy

applied - elaborated ceremony  

poison ivy

applied - vinegar  

poison ivy

applied - water in which blacksmith quenches hot iron  

poison ivy

applied - very thin slices of potato  

poison ivy

performed - carry wild cherry or elderbery in pocket  

ivy poisoning

steeped ash tree bark  

poison ivy

applied - laundry soap  

poison ivy

applied - locust leaves  

poison ivy

applied - slake water from cooling tub.  

poison ivy

applied - gunpowder mixed with sweetmilk  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

applied - powdered sulfur, water  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

applied - pure apple vinegar  

poison ivy

applied - baking soda in bath water  

poison ivy

ingested - green walnut juice  

poison ivy

applied - yellow willow leaves and switches  

poison ivy

applied - plantain leaves  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - nightshade berries  

poison ivy

applied - rain water from tree stump.  

poison ivy

applied - sassafras juice  

poison ivy

inhaled - buttermilk  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

ingested - jack in the pulpit  

poison ivy

performed - bath with chlorine diluted in water  

poison ivy

applied - liquid shoe polish  

ivy, sumac poisoning

ingested - sheep laurel  

poison ivy

applied - nightshade berries and cream  

poison ivy

applied - “crayfish meat”  

poison ivy

applied - rub three different kinds of leaves together, then on afflicted part of body  

poison ivy

applied - trashed peach leaves  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

applied - white shoe polish  

poison ivy

applied - banana peel  

poison ivy

 

health, promoters

applied - poison ivy leaves covered with dew  

poison ivy

applied - red clay mixed with water  

poison ivy

applied - mud from the river bottom  

poison ivy

applied - Indian tobacco cooked in milk  

poison ivy

ingested - pennyroyal  

poison ivy

performed - powwow  

poison ivy

performed - spit on poison ivy plant  

poison ivy

applied - buttermilk, salt  

poison ivy

performed - curse  

poison oak

applied - wild nasturtiums  

poison ivy

applied - cold rubber sheet; sour milk beaten to thickness  

poison ivy

copperas water  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - salt water  

poison ivy

worn - fishing sinker on string around neck  

poison ivy

applied - gunpowder mixed with vinegar  

poison ivy

ingested - plantain leaves  

itching, itches, itchy

applied - creosote  

poison ivy

applied - “selendine” [celendine]  

poison ivy

applied - buttermilk, salt  

poison ivy

applied - cornstarch  

poison ivy

sweet milk  

poison ivy

applied - smoke of cedar boughs  

poison ivy

ingested - leaves of poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - mud  

poison ivy

Lysol  

poison ivy

applied - plantain leaves  

nail puncture wounds

applied - smoke from burning honeycomb  

poison ivy

applied - buttermilk, soda  

poison ivy

applied - cedar needles  

poison ivy

applied - mixture of gunpowder and cream  

poison ivy

applied - water used to scald a chicken  

poison ivy

worn - lead around neck  

poison ivy

performed - carry pocketful of cartridges in pocket.  

poison ivy

applied - juice of glass weed  

poison ivy

applied - water nettle  

poison ivy

applied - White Shoe Polish  

poison ivy

applied - smoke of cedar  

poison ivy

worn - metal on leg,  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - juice on a glass weed  

poison ivy

applied - poultice of buckshot powder and milk  

poison oak

applied - oatmeal poultice  

poison ivy

performed - throw sick person in a hog wallow  

poison ivy

applied - pure apple vinegar  

poison ivy

applied - water weed, celandine  

poison ivy

applied - water, carbolic acid  

poison ivy

worn - metal on arm.  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - sweet milk and gunpowder.  

poison ivy

applied - oatmeal poultice  

poison ivy

applied - potato scrapings  

rheumatism, kidney ailments, stomach ailments

performed - go to hot springs  

poison ivy

guano water  

poison ivy

applied - boil two pennies in vinegar, rub on poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - boiled plantain leaves  

poison ivy

applied - white oak leaves  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - Red oak: Quercus maxima (Marsh.) Ashe  

poison ivy

applied - Solomon’s Seal  

poison ivy

applied - creosote  

poison ivy

worn - metal on neck.  

poison ivy

worn - carry an elderberry  

poison ivy

applied - elaborated ceremony.  

poison ivy

applied - mixture of apple cider and water  

poison ivy

applied - ice  

poison oak

applied - gun powder  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy root in the spring  

poison ivy

applied - rub rash, apply salt packs and cold water; wash with a strong laundry soap; bath with alcohol  

poison ivy

applied - ivy leaves  

poison ivy

applied - sweet cream  

poison ivy

Graybeard, Yellow wood: Cladrastis lutea (Koch) (Marsh)  

stye

 

poison ivy

applied - powdered crayfish  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - mixture of sulphur and lard  

poison ivy

applied - rhubarb, soda  

poison oak

performed - take all poison oak or ivy off of a tree and rub on your arm  

poison ivy

dew from the love vine  

poison ivy

applied - milk of celandine (Chelidonium maius)  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

applied - white gasoline  

poison ivy

applied - muslin rags  

poison ivy

applied - sweet spirits of nitre, sugar of lead lotion, or weak solution of quicklime  

poison ivy

Glass herb (Glaws Graut)  

poison ivy

applied - milkweed  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - water used to boil an old shoe  

poison ivy

ingested - woodchuck oil, plantain leaf, poison ivy.  

snakebite

herbs, ligature  

poison ivy

applied - nightshade and cream  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - apple vinegar  

poison ivy

applied - sap of wild touch-me-not plant  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

ingested - eat tender leaf of ivy in spring  

poison ivy

applied - salt water  

poison ivy

ingested - salt, grease or water  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - bark of white oak tree, water, slaked lime  

poison ivy

applied - strong salt solution  

poison ivy

worn - cartridges in pocket  

poison ivy

applied - mud  

poison ivy

applied - paste made from epsom salts and water  

poison oak

applied - mixture of sulphur and lard  

poison ivy

black walnut juice  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - catnip tea mixed with sweet oil or olive oil  

poison ivy

applied - milk of milkweed or celadine  

poison ivy

applied - salve made from any three different plant roots  

poison ivy

applied - slackwater.  

poison ivy

applied - soap, water  

poisons

Ground ivy  

poison oak

ingested - water flowing past area where poison oak or ivy grew  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - poison ivy tea  

poison ivy

applied - salt water  

poison ivy

applied - copperas, sugar of lead  

poison ivy

applied. mix nightshade berries with cream  

poison ivy

applied - wood ashes boiled to lye  

poison ivy

worn - lead  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - water in which goldenrod leaves have soaked  

poison ivy

applied - urine  

poison ivy

applied - pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)  

poison ivy

applied - urine  

poison ivy

applied - old buck plantain  

poison ivy

applied - well-moistened tobacco leaves  

poison ivy

applied - yellow laundry soap.  

poisons

ingested - ivy berry drink  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy root  

poison ivy

ingested - saltpetre, sulphur, and molasses  

poison ivy

Sullendine (celandine)  

poison ivy

gunpowder, milk  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - water in which sweet fern has steeped  

poison ivy

applied - homemade lye soap.  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy leaves  

poison ivy

ingested - saltpeter, sulphur, and molasses  

poison ivy

ingested - epsom salt  

poison ivy

applied - strong homemade laundry soap with water  

poison ivy

sulfur, motor oil  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - butter made from milk in May from a cow that runs in the woods  

poison ivy

ingested - leaves of poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - Epsom salt  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy leaves  

poison ivy

applied - “slack water”  

poison ivy

applied - baking soda, epsom salts  

poison ivy

applied - straight bleach  

poison ivy

applied - tomatoes  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - buckshot  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - water in which dry calomel and lime have soaked  

poison ivy

ingested - water from a mountain stream  

poison ivy

applied - Clorox bleach  

poison ivy

performed - carry bit of wild cherry or elder in pocket  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy leaves  

poison ivy

applied - “slack water”  

poison ivy

ingested - epsom salt  

poison ivy

 

rashes

applied - soda and vinegar.  

poison ivy

ingested - tea made of poison ivy  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - buckshot  

poison ivy

applied - nightshade, cream  

poison ivy

applied - white sugar, lead, whiskey  

ivy poisoning

applied - string bean leaves  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - pure apple vinegar  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - cold black coffee  

poison ivy

applied - gasoline  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy leaves  

poison ivy

applied - sweet fern  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - buckshot  

poison ivy

plaintain  

poison ivy

calf slobber  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - mud  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - paste of gunpowder and cream  

poison ivy

applied - Isopropyl alcohol.  

poisons

applied - juice of raw potato leaves  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy root  

poison ivy

applied - yellow soap  

poison ivy

applied - sweet fern  

poison ivy

applied - lotion made from leaves of eucalyptus trees mixed with rain water  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - apple vinegar  

poison ivy

applied - night shade plant, lard  

poison ivy

applied - melon flower  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - mud  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - red-oak-bark tea  

poison ivy

applied - raw carbolic acid  

blemishes, chilblains, soft corns, poison ivy, insect bites, fever sores, body odors, oily skin, sore lips, sunburn, tired feet, warts

applied - Hokara, a massage cream  

drunkenness, alcoholism

ingested - Drink from berries of ivy.  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy root  

poison ivy

worn - fishing sinker  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

applied - poplar bark bath  

poison oak

applied - wormwood tea  

poison ivy

applied - bicarbonate of soda  

poison ivy

performed - bathe in water in which manzanita leaves have been steeped  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - mud  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

ingested - red oak bark tea  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - sage leaves  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - raw ripe tomato  

poison ivy

applied - flatfoot tea  

poison ivy

applied - banana peel.  

poison ivy

applied - copper sulphate  

poison ivy

applied - paste of water nettles  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy root, leaves  

poison elder

ingested - turnip, saffron, camphor  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

applied - pokeberry leaves  

ringworm

applied - poultice of poison ivy leaves  

poison ivy

applied - sheep sorrel ointment  

poison ivy

applied - mugwort  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - mud  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - cows milk  

skin poisoning, poison ivy, poison oak

applied - drippings from holding bacon rind over splinter of pine wood  

poison ivy

applied - bean leaves  

poison ivy

applied - gum camphor, spirits of sweet nitre.  

poison ivy

applied - paste of water nettles  

poison ivy

ingested - ivy leaves  

poison ivy

applied - sugar of lead  

poison ivy

applied - turpentine  

poison ivy

 

poison ivy

ingested - plaintain root tea  

poison ivy

sulphur and molasses  

poison ivy

applied - wild Nasturtium  

poison ivy, poison oak

applied - sage  

poison ivy

ingested - poison ivy  

poison ivy

applied - chewed chocolate