Poison ivy update—I had a patient show me a product he purchased called White Flower. He placed the liquid oily solution on the poison ivy reactions on his skin and experienced marked improvement. My patient is an individual who wears gloves, long sleeves, long pants and boots when he knows he will get exposed to poison ivy—he’s extremely sensitive to the toxic oil on the plant. If you or your loved ones have adverse reactions to poison ivy, it’s worth a try to use White Flower on it, and it’s not that expensive. If that’s not available to you, many of my patients have also had good success with Zelfel, which is over the counter at pharmacies. I found a site where you can order White Flower. As of right now I don’t have a way you can get it on this site, so I’ll work on that. In the meantime, if you want to get some, try this link
I need to get off of caffeine. I became addicted to it after suffering headaches and taking excedrin. Now I have rebound headaches and even diet coke fills in when I need an extra boost. I have tried weening myself off and never made it. Is that the only way off?
There are only 2 ways to stop the addiction to caffeine--cold turkey and have a miserable 3-7 days or slowly, which just prolongs the misery, and may not work. My wife's mother described herself as a 'coffee-a-holic', drinking up to 13 cups per day. She stopped cold turkey, had a miserable few days, and has never touched it since. Sometimes energy work like acupuncture or Jin Shin Jyutsu or cranial-sacral may take away some of the side effects. Be sure you are on a good multiple vitamin, as this may also help with your strength and your resolve.
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1 CL Coleman // Aug 27, 2008 at 10:29 am
I am highly sensitive to the poison oak undergrowth on the property we live on and end up seeking medical care when exposed. My prevention is to coat my skin with liquid soap (use it like a body lotion on legs, hands, arms, feet, etc.) before exposure. I haven’t had reactions since doing this. Our grandkids play in the woods after being rubbed down with liquid soap and no one has suffered.
Haven’t ever tried the remedy here, but this prevention is worth it’s weight. I assume the soap breaks down the oil.
2 Dr. Stan Gardner // Aug 30, 2008 at 2:50 pm
CL, Great insight–safe, makes scientific sense. I’ll share it with others.
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