And don't forget the rubbing alcohol...
You can use that to cleanse it after the ritual is complete.
Where do razor blades fit in?
to cut the border of the area prior to removal with a spoon.
Is that like homeopathy?
It has to do with strengthening your chi.
Soap might not be the best idea. Since an oil is what causes the rash and soap dissolves oil, you risk spreading it all over. The cold water keeps the pores of your skin from opening and allowing more oil in.
I don't get Poison Oak......I can roll in the stuff and never have gotten it once in my life.......well that and the chicken pox.
That's actually just an old wives tale. The rash cant "spread" only the oil residue from the poison ivy leaf itself can cause a rash. The "puss" is basically just dead white blood cells and other phagocytes from your body there to fight against the infection.
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Greases and oils are not soluble in water because they are nonpolar. So, washing with water alone is not very effective. You need something else. Technu is a great option. A good soap is a decent backup option. Soaps don't dissolve oil per say, they stick it in the center of little balls of soap molecules, so that you can use water to wash it all away. (Soaps are salts of long chain carboxylic acids, and they're able to clean by isolating the nonpolar junk inside of little micelles, with the soap's nonpolar hydrocarbon chains pointing in, and the polar carboxyl groups pointing out to interact with the water molecules.) Dishwashing liquid has worked well for me in a pinch. It's usually formulated to "cut grease," so it tends to be pretty effective at getting rid of oily stuff, natural skin oils included, which is why you probably don't want to use it as your everyday soap.
