A method for treating poison ivy and similar poison plant induced rashes utilizes a sealed pouch containing a mixture of anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and anti-oxidant property ingredients. The pouch is placed in a container filled with boiling water. The ingredients in the pouch permeate through the water. A metal applicator has a spoon-shaped section with a curved lower surface and a handle. The spoon-shaped section is inserted into the boiled herbal water mixture. The bottom surface of the curved lower surface of the spoon-shaped section is then momentarily placed on the pustule or red bump of the poison ivy. The applicator is then lifted up away from the area. Usually two or three touches with the applicator on the effected area will completely remove the itching and the itching and pustule will be entirely eliminated within twenty-four to forty-eight hours.

Decker; Kate Delano-Condax

Method for treating poison ivy and similar poison plant induced rashes

The present invention is a method of treating mammals for alleviating inflammation by utilization of a non-steroid topical agent. The agent is ethyl linoleate [ethyl-cis,cis(9,12)-octadecadienoate] which may be combined in a preferred formulation with one or more antioxidants such as .alpha.-tocopherol, d,l-histidine, and tertiary butyl hydroquinone; a stabilizer such as Tween-80; and inert esters such as ethyl oleate, ethyl palmitate, and ethyl stearate. The agent is applied in a therapeutic dosage range of 0.2-0.8 mg/cm.sup.2 of body surface both internal and external, with a preferred dosage of 0.5 mg/cm.sup.2. This topical remedy for inflammation for internal and external body surfaces is utilized principally in a single dose but may be utilized in multiple doses are required due to low toxicity (60:1). Among the conditions with inflammatory responses amenable to treatment are ultraviolet ratiation, solar radiation, non-infectious conjunctivitis, hemorrhoids (acute), abrasions, ingrown finger or toenail (granulation), skin graft donor sites, vaginitis, poison ivy, psoriasis, herpes simplex (cold sores, aphthous ulcers), pruritis ani/cruri, chemical inflammation, and insect stings/bites.

toxicodendron/antioxidant

Method for treating poison ivy and similar poison plant induced rashes

Non-steroid topical agent for alleviating inflammation in mammals

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