USE THIS REMEDY IF:
you have an itchy skin rash and you live in California.The body usually reacts to chemicals that irritate the skin by releasing chemicals of its own. This can happen when you make contact with cosmetics, perfumes, dyes in clothes and the oils of some plants, including poison ivy and poison oak. These "allergic reactions" can produce very itchy, stinging patches or raised, red skin.
It's easy to contact poison oak while gardening, on a picnic, or out for a hike. Poison oak grows in California. If you live elsewhere, unless you know that you have poising oak, use the remedy
POISON IVY , page 209, instead.Poison oak spreads when you scratch it, because your fingernails carry its oils to other parts of your body. Try to keep the existing patches dry and clean.
This remedy helps by relaxing your body's defense response against the irritant. It should considerably shorten the length of your suffering.
SPECIAL INDICATORS: (You may have one or more of these)
Red, swollen, irregular eruptions of raised skin that ooze
Intense itching skin, worse after scratching it
Inner sense of restlessness and minor irritability
Temporarily feel better by moving around
Worse at night and in the bedHOW TO USE THIS REMEDY:
Make and drink this remedy every 15 minutes until you begin to feel some relief. Then make and drink it at least twice in the morning and twice at night until you feel that the "attack" is over.Stop making the remedy as soon as new rash outbreaks cease and your itching subsides.
If you experience no improvement after 3 glasses of this remedy, switch to the most appropriate among the alternative remedies listed below, or use the RESISTANCE, page 229.
ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES TO CONSIDER:
First Aid, page 141
Bee Sting, page 89
Poison Ivy, page 209
Environmental Sensitivity, page 121MEDICAL ALERT:
Some people can have a severe reaction to poison oak which is a form of anaphylactic shock. This could be a life-threatening situation. Symptoms of anaphylactic shock include:excessive swelling of the skinIf you have any of these symptoms or a history of intense reactions to poison oak, seek immediately medical help. After calling for help, use
difficulty breathing
swelling or tightness in the throat
dizziness
acute nausea and vomitingFIRST AID , page 141.The Well Adult: for a discussion of the standard medical treatment for poison oak, see page 172.
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