Liquid Dish Soap
If you come into contact with poison ivy or poison oak, washing the affected area with liquid dish soap within two hours of contact may prevent you from getting an itching red rash. Liquid dish soap is formulated to remove oil, and is a cost-effective way to get rid of the plant oil on poison ivy leaves that causes a rash when it gets on your skin.
When volunteer students rubbed poison ivy leaves on their forearms and then washed with dish-washing soap for 25 seconds before rinsing, the soap prevented a reaction in almost half the volunteers and reduced the inflammation in the rest by 56 percent. The volunteers used Dial dish soap, but any brand will work.
When volunteer students rubbed poison ivy leaves on their forearms and then washed with dish-washing soap for 25 seconds before rinsing, the soap prevented a reaction in almost half the volunteers and reduced the inflammation in the rest by 56 percent. The volunteers used Dial dish soap, but any brand will work.
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