I was curious as to what kind of medicine i should put in my bug out bag
Best medicine to put in bob
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Any prescriptions, aspirin, Advil, anything you think you might need, tums is a good one. oh benadryl also. The empty little Listerine packs make good pill holders to keep them separate.
Great also maybe some toothpaste
good one !
the tree removal guys in my area all keep dawn dishwashing liquid inthis works really well.
their truck, they leave it on their arms for a minute or two then hose off . they say it removes the oil so they dont get the ivy rash as bad
hydrogen peroxide will save your ass if you get a puncture wound also good for oral rinse if you forget your toothpaste!
I can see how that works.
Bleach will help dry out a rash from poison ivy or poison oak, but it's going to sting. Lye soap is excellent to battle poison ivy with.
Poison ivy is another good reason to have goats. They eat it like candy!
Poison ivy is another good reason to have goats. They eat it like candy!
like the goat idea but not the bleach. bleach is a corrosive caustic chemical and will give your ivy rash a nice chemical burn even if you dilute it.then you get a nice secondary skin infection. stick with the calamine and suffer through it....Bleach.., you,ll get in your eye kid
To be honest, I've never had poison ivy. My Dad used to get it something fierce and bleach is what he used. I just liked watching him dance around when Mom put it on him. 
Bleach works best for sure!!
old wives tale.....NO BLEACH DUDE.............if anybody else is reading this crap please dont put bleach on your kids, do some online investigation
Oh I'd never put it on a kid, husband maybe. It does work. I've seen it firsthand, but I'm not going to debate it; I value getting along with others too much to do that.
And with that said, I'm going to thank God once again that I don't itch when I come in contact with the stuff.
And with that said, I'm going to thank God once again that I don't itch when I come in contact with the stuff.
Sorry Realistic but your wrong here. If you have incredibly sensitive skin then a chem burn with bleach is barely possible if you leave it on for 20/30 minutes then yes it may burn you, However you don't leave it on that long, you leave it on a top of a minute or two. Please don't act like our advise is wrong because, I and millions of other have used this on Urushiol exposure (poison ivy, poison oak, and sumac) for generations. Everything you read online isn't fact either. Doctors tell people to cut salt out of their diet for high blood pressure, But ask a Vet what they use when any animal has high blood pressure. SALT. They put out a mineral salt block and WALLA problem solved. I have personally dropped my fathers deadly levels of high blood pressure using natural mineral and sea salt (he's now off all meds). The bleach drys the area out dramatically and kills any possible infection, heals in 3 days instead of a week or two and all itching stops. I have used this on myself my brothers and my sisters (I'm the eldest of 11) with great results and never a bad one. Also I get exposed daily and am highly allergic. DON"T RULE OUT BLEACH. I have done the research.
The only time I would not use bleach is if there are open, bleeding sores from scratching. Otherwise, I douse my hubs in it almost daily in the spring, summer, and fall when we're messing around outside. I think the only bumper crop we grow aside from rocks is poison ivy. My goats just can't keep up with it.
There's also horror stories of people who used bleach and got chemical burns. A brief investigation of most of these events reveals that they used pool chlorine and not household bleach.
(The calcium hypochlorite sold specifically for swimming pools contains about 65 percent active ingredient by weight. Household bleach typically contains between 5 and 6 percent (by weight) sodium hypochlorite.)
Of course they burned them selves!! You can't fix stupid I guess.
(The calcium hypochlorite sold specifically for swimming pools contains about 65 percent active ingredient by weight. Household bleach typically contains between 5 and 6 percent (by weight) sodium hypochlorite.)
Of course they burned them selves!! You can't fix stupid I guess.
I have been wrong before......... Im glad you did some research on this subject. I have a poor understanding and no experience in dealing with dermatologic emergency care. I bow to your superior knowledge base.
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My dad uses cidar vinegar on rashes. He says it dries rashes up quickly. Has anyone else heard of this?
Get some broad-spectrum antibiotics and stuff for anaerobes and gram negatives. You can get it online if you look, no Rx needed.
Ampicillin, Metronidazole, TMP/SMX, Ciprofloxacin.
Ampicillin, Metronidazole, TMP/SMX, Ciprofloxacin.
Hey Doc , if you look back on this post we were discussing bleach on kids for a poison ivy rash. I am totally against this practice because of a potential adverse reaction. I saw a child,who got a chemical burn from this and ended up with MRSA during treatment. .. somewhat related ,A young girl had to be intubated after an exacerbation of her asthma because of a similiar exposure. I could go on. what are your thoughts on this.
I don't know much about using bleach for treating poison ivy, but I'd skip it. There's lots of other stuff you can do to treat it (ie...Benadryl helps with the itching. Oatmeal mix is said to help. Calamine lotion. Cold compresses.) And you sure want to avoid MRSA, especially in a SHTF world where treatment is limited. Some of that over-the-counter stuff at your pharmacy is good. Just get yourself a few bottles of it while you can. Even if you have nothing to treat it with, it should go away on its own after a week or two. Do you best to keep it away from your eyes though.
FYI, an ER doc I worked with last month said if you run into poison ivy and get it on an area, do not touch it or scratch it at all for an hour and it will go away without evolving into the full-blown rash. It may itch like crazy and you'll be gnawing at the bit to scratch it, but if you can resist, it will go right away according to him.
Tecnu is awesome, we kept the scrub and the lotion on the truck when I was a tree trimmer. It is the best for getting rid of and drying out poison ivy. I always have some still in the medicine cabinet and in my bag.
There are many medical option to use for cuts deep/shallow, sugar is perhaps one of the oldest, use clean waters to clean, stuff the wound with sugar and wrap it with a white cloth, I have used this many times over the years plus its cheaper then other options
Stuffing a wound with sugar?? That's a new one!! Cayenne pepper powder can be packed into a wound and will clot the bleeding and serves as an antibacterial. It surprisingly doesn't hurt at all.
Sugar has been documented for over a thousand years and still use today, sugar helps the wound heal faster and acts as antibacterial and stop the bleeding
Great!! That's a new one to add to my natural medicine journal that I keep!!
