Poison Ivy - Identifying, Washing Off, and Curing Poison Ivy Rashes
By Lisa Shea
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Lisa Shea would love to not have written this book on Poison Ivy. She’d love to not know anything at all about poison ivy. Unfortunately, life had other plans for her. So she figured, if she had to endure year after year of poison ivy rashes, at least she could do some good with that knowledge. All of her trial-and-error experiments on her own body will now help you zip through your poison ivy experience as quickly as humanly possible.
Learn what causes the poison ivy rash - and how to defeat it. What techniques you should NEVER try because of the damage they could cause. What trick she absolutely does daily with her poison ivy rashes and which makes all the difference in the world.
How do you identify poison ivy? What are some of the best cures? Just why is it so itchy, anyway?
Lisa feels your pain. She's been there. She's lived through it. Let her years of experience help you make your poison ivy rash experience be as quick and painless as humanly possible.
The perfect book to keep on your Kindle, phone, and PC, just like you keep band-aids in your first aid kit. When the problem strikes, you want instant access to this information. The way you handle the oil in the first two hours makes all the difference in the world.
All proceeds benefit battered women's shelters.
Lisa Shea
I love writing in a variety of genres. I currently have over 300 books published in all lengths from full 500+ page novels down to short stories. I love writing series. Some are with unconnected characters, like the 14 full-length medieval novels with a sword being passed from heroine to heroine. Some have connected characters, like the 31 mini-mysteries featuring a detective in Salem, Massachusetts. All of my books are written "clean" with no explicit intimacy, no harsh language, and no explicit violence. All are suitable for teens and up.For a full listing of my books please visit:http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/writing/gettingyourbookpublished/lisalibrary.html
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Poison Ivy - Identifying, Washing Off, and Curing Poison Ivy Rashes - Lisa Shea
Introduction
One man’s poison ivy
Is another man’s spinach.
-- George Ade
Ah, poison ivy. Toxicodendron radicans. The plant behind leaves of three – let it be.
This leafy organism grows over most of the United States, up into Canada, and down into Mexico. Many people are blissfully unaffected by the toxic oils within poison ivy. Unfortunately for the rest of us, poison ivy can cause a wealth of nasty rashes which drive you absolutely insane for weeks at a time.
I’m here to help with all of that.
For many years it seemed that I might not have much of a problem with poison ivy. I’d get a mild reaction, but nothing to worry about. Then I got older. Funny how life thinks that aging isn’t enough of a burden to deal with. You also develop all sorts of new reactions that you never had as a child. This definitely happens with poison ivy, and it happened to me. I’ve had a number of episodes with poison ivy during my adult years – some of them fairly severe.
I’ve tried pretty much every cure
– old and new – in my quest to stop the infernal itching. I’ve tried a variety of soaps and soaks. I’m here to lay out what works, what doesn’t, and what is downright dangerous.
Let’s begin our quest to understand just how poison ivy works – and how to defeat it!
What Is Poison Ivy?
Despite its name, poison ivy isn’t actually an ivy. Toxicodendron radicans is a flowering plant. It’s related to the cashew. It does have three leaves and looks like this:
Note that it can look redder in the autumn and greener in the spring. Like many other plants, poison ivy has a life cycle. The key is to look for the three leaves off a central stalk. The two opposing leaves are close in against the stalk. The central leaf has a longer petiolule
or stem that has it extend out.
Poison ivy often has a mitten
look to the two side leaves, where the part closest to the central leaf is smoother and the part further away is more jagged. The leaves tend to look a bit glossy / shiny.
Still, leaves come in a variety of shapes and sizes. It’s best to stay away from anything with the three green leaves coming from a central spot.
Here are a few more photos of poison ivy.
Boston Ivy
The Boston Ivy or Parthenocissus tricuspidata hails - interestingly enough - from Japan! It can also be