Ep 63 Poison Ivy: It's Just Us
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The History of the Urusia Plant
The Urusia producing plants of North America didn't receive much attention from the botanists or naturalists, mostly just being written about as a curiosity. In that description, there were a few mentions of remedies like salad oil and cream, but I also saw recommended to rub a mixture of charcoal and hogs lard on the affected areas. Could have worked, who knows. But generally, the person applies plantain water or salad oil, which is olive oil and cream. And of course, you know, we throw back to our quarantini, Calamine. SoCalamine lotion has been used as far back as 1500 BCE in ancient Egypt. Do history is for the
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