I have Poison Ivy, how much baking soda should I put in my bath?

Some how I must have come in contact with Poison Ivy, or Poison Oak and I am miserable.



I read online that baking soda in the bath tub helps, but don't know how much to add to the water. Does any one know how much I should add? I'd really be grateful to know.

I have Poison Ivy, how much baking soda should I put in my bath?
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I hope it helps
Reply:Hi, I just recovered from poison oak in November, and I feel for you!! You can put as much Baking Soda in the water as you want, rub it all over your skin to dry, anything to take the itch away. Also, if you have any vinegar around, make some old rags soaked in that, squeeze out a little and put that on the infected areas. Ginger tea bags that have been used work also. Mine kept spreading and even started going down my throat, so I had to go to the ER and get a steroid to make it go away, along with antibiotics for 2 weeks.



Those are all the home remedies I know, but wash all your clothes in hot water that may have touched the oil, or you will keep getting it over and over. I didn't even go outside the entire time I visited Oregon and I got it somehow from clothing or a hot tub. Wear gloves to bed so you don't break the blisters, and take Tylenal to keep the pain at bay.
Reply:The whole box!! It won't hurt you at all.Just keep rinsing the affected area.cool water is best.It's oil from the plant so any other place you touch could get itchy too.Then you can put on a cream for minor burns,nothing with alcohol in or you will be sorry. Heart goes out to ya!! It's brutal.Repeat in the morning again if needed.You will have to keep your hands busy doing something else tonight cause the more you scratch the worse it gets.If you break the skin and it gets into the scratch it could get infected so WASH your hands often.