HERB - Poison Ivy help

[Roberta R Comstock]

On Sat, 22 May 1999 18:43:44 EDT CorwynWdwd at aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 5/22/1999 9:22:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>meaduewolf at juno.com writes:
>
>> What do we do with the plantain once we find it?
>>  Mash it and make a paste of some kind? Just use the fluids from 
>it?
>
>I tell people to chew it up and rub the resultant gooey mess onto the 
>area. I 
>guess mashing in a mortar and pestle would do the same. If there's a 
>way to 
>extract just the juice in any quantity I'm ignorant of it.
>
>Corwyn


I don't know whether the enzymes in saliva play any part in the
effectiveness of the chewed version.  They might.

Hertha

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