Poison Ivy treatment for 30 month old boy

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My son is two and one half years old. A month ago he broke out into a

rash which the doctors here in Philadelphia said was due to poison ivy

or poison sumac plants. They prescribed prednisolone to be taken in

syrup form. He has taken the medicine for almost 3 weeks and most of

the rash is gone. However, as he was being tapered off the medicine,

some of his rash is back. I don't want him to take the same medicine

any more. Is there remed in Ayurveda for skin rashes that could prove

to be useful in this case. Thanks for your help.

Awais

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dear Awais

 

not sure about Indian herbs here, but several local (North American)

herbs have been used topically, including Gumweed, Lobelia, Echinacea

and Impatiens, usually in combination with wound-healing botanicals

such as Calendula and Chickweed

 

I have never treated this so I can't speak from experience, but a

colleague of mine published a study showing the efficacy of tincture

of Grindelia (Gumweed) in a base of Chickweed cream, applied topically

 

Canavan D, Yarnell E. Successful treatment of poison oak dermatitis

treated with Grindelia spp. (Gumweed). J Altern Complement Med. 2005

Aug;11(4):709-10.

 

based on this, i would recommend getting the Gumweed (Grindelia) as a

tincture and mixing in a base of Calendula or Chickweed cream, 5% v/

v, applied several times a day

 

if you have no luck finding these herbs try consulting the these PA

herbalist found on the American Herbalists Guild website:

 

http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/index.php?module=pnAddressBook

 

Grube, Wendy

215.898.1168

 

Harder, David

610-253-0940

 

Molony, David

610-264-2755

 

good luck... todd

Caldecott

todd (AT) toddcaldecott (DOT) com

www.toddcaldecott.com

[Guest guest]

There is a plant called jewelweed that usually grows near poison ivy.

It is reputed to help poison ivy, oak and sumac. I have never tried

it. Here is a Google link:

http://altnature.com/jewelweed.htm

I did a Google search for "jewelweed poison ivy" and the former link

was the first one.

 

GB

 

 

ayurveda, "awais2473" <awais2473

wrote:

>

> A month ago My son he broke out into a

> rash which the doctors here in Philadelphia said was due to poison

ivy

> or poison sumac plants.