“Look at this beautiful vine!”
Just look. Don’t touch!
A too-close brush with poison ivy can ruin your whole day, week and even a month or more. Poison ivy can cause anything from a menacing eruption to an illness of chronic proportions.
First, set your foundation.
Why? Understanding the methodology behind utilizing homeopathy to antidote a poison or toxin is equally important as knowing which condition-specific homeopathic medicine to consider.
Poison ivy? Think Anacardium.
One of the most common remedies for poison ivy is Anacardium orientale 30C. When administered every four hours for several days, the itching is often relieved, eruptions minimized, and the entire ordeal shortened.
There are other homeopathic medicines to choose from when afflicted with this scourge, and the correct choice can also depend on the location of the eruption as well as the nature of the pustules. If no improvement is observed after giving Anacardium 30 due time to act, I suggest you consider pivoting by trying a different medicine. You can find the most likely candidates in my previous blog post, The Perils of Summer: Poison Ivy and Poison Oak.
Now, if none of those do the trick, then I recommend you contact a Practical Homeopath™ for a consultation. They can choose a medicine that is more specifically suited to your overall picture.
A prophylactic for repetitive sufferers.
Many people suffer from poison ivy yearly. Some are so sensitive to the plant that even proximity causes a problem.
Homeopaths have seen encouraging results utilizing the following prophylactic protocol: Four doses in one day of Rhus toxicodendron 30 at the onset of the season to help minimize the intensity of the exposure.
This protocol should be repeated once a week for a month.
Interestingly, Rhus tox is made from poison ivy. We don’t often use the homeopathic version of the gross substance from which the condition originates. However, this is an exception when those who are exquisitely sensitive to poison ivy use homeopathy prophylactically.
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Last season, I featured this topic in one such Monday Night Live episode: 06-17-24 Poison Ivy [Practical Homeopathy®]. I encourage you to listen for a more well-rounded discussion.
Do toxins scare me?
In a word? No.
I used to think “detoxing” was a worthwhile pursuit. I doubt there’s a detox program out there that I haven’t heard about from one of my clients or tried myself. Trust me, I’ve tried most of them!
However, most of them increased my stress levels and contributed to neurotic thinking, yet they did little to improve my health. Most of these detox regimens make life more complicated and more difficult. And ultimately, they don’t work the way we hope they will.
I believe that homeopathy is a superior medicine when it comes to achieving our health goals without the stress. Homeopathy works!
A free infographic on toxins.
To provide you with the knowledge that true solutions do exist to counter the ill effects of poisons, toxins and other substances that can create unwanted reactions, I created my course, Rethinking Detox with Practical Homeopathy®: How to Stop Stressing About Toxins and Fearlessly Achieve Health the Simple Way.
I also designed an accompanying infographic, titled “Toxins Don’t Scare Me Anymore!,” which lists eight common toxins and their corresponding homeopathic medicines. Click here to download your free copy and watch a short informative video about the course.
My series on poisonous toxins is complete. (Or is it?)
With that, we have reached the end of our series, “How to Antidote Poisonous Toxins With Homeopathy.” However, I’ve read your comments on each and every one of my blog posts. You’ve submitted some queries regarding other potentially toxic substances and poisons. So, I have kept a list, my friend. I’ll be addressing many of your additional topics over the coming months.
For now, here’s a list of substances that we’ve covered that can cause toxic effects in the body.
- Cigarette smoke — Natrum muriaticum 6X
- Carbon monoxide — Carbo vegetabilis 200C
- Paint Fumes — Arsenicum album 30
- Pesticides — Arsenicum album 30C
- Medications — Nux vomica 200C
- Bee venom — Ledum palustre 200C
- Food poisoning — Arsenicum album 30C
- Alcohol overuse — Nux vomica 200C
- Sugary overindulgence — Nux vomica 30C
- Poison Ivy — Anacardium orientale 30C
Be sure to read the accompanying posts for each substance for more specific information. Again, if you truly want to comprehend homeopathy better, there are no shortcuts to education!
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Our property in Indiana had poison ivy growing all around the edges and I undertook to eradicate it many years ago (big job, and never-ending.) Long story shortened: It came up in the lawn repeatedly and I just mowed it down. My kids, dogs and grandkids all grew up with it, walking barefoot as often as not as they played in our 1 1/2 acre lawn. NEVER did any of them get ill from it. Years later, I discovered homeopathy and was surprised to find Rhus Tox such a frequently used remedy! People often squirm when I tell them that it is poison ivy in a bottle! I think that by growing up with so much exposure to the poison ivy that my family just became to its ill-effects, however it still works great as a remedy.
I read about using rhus tox as a prophylactic and decided to give it a try with my 13-year-old son who is badly allergic to poison ivy. As he’s gotten older and does more outdoor work, he’s gotten to where he’ll have 3 or 4 run-ins a year with poison ivy and some have been really bad, with serious facial swelling and weeks of misery.
Starting in November 2023, he took rhus tox once a month until April. He still had three bouts of poison ivy over the following summer and fall, but they were extremely mild, hardly spread at all and were gone within a week. I did have him use anacardium 30 and Arsenicum/ant crud when he had it (as I had previously), but just how mild it stayed proved to me that the rhus tox used prophylactically is a winner. Thank you Joette!
Poison Ivy and Poison Oak. Poison Oak was my nemesis when I worked for a veterinarian, that is until a coworker showed me the Hyland’s Poison Oak/Ivy Remedy! It healed the outbreak that I had within a couple of doses and after that, every morning, before work, I would take a dose. If, during the day at work, I would start to itch, I would take another dose. Never had another total outbreak after that! It literally saved my job as I was close to quitting my dream job as a registered veterinary technician because of the poison oak! I was there 10 more years after that!
Sold me on homeopathy!
When I was in junior high, we moved to poison oak country and I had no problems from the poison oak on the dogs or cats or from pulling it out. That is until one day, I got the smallest scratch from my dog’s toenail. Barely even broke the skin, just pulled up the outermost cell layer. After that it was reaction city so, I suffered with it until that wonderful day MANY years later when I was introduced to homeopathy.
You bet!
Thx for ALL you do Joette my classes and all your steadfast selfless care of us your beloved friends! Hopefully this story will fill an unusual niche.
I used to be able to pull out poison ivy like any other weed until ONE TIME a small branch got caught under my watchband. I woke the next morning not with an outbreak but with an insane manic response! I had already removed the leaflet and saw a quarter sized red spot under the band and assumed my nonreactive period was at it’s end. I was so crazy manic that I got a family DR appt and almost got kicked out of her office by the receptionist with my pacing and insistance on being seen immediately! Only years later did I hear of someone like myself! Not huge blisters and itching but manic response… Just for those who have it THIS WAY you might read this article… https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeopathy_b_1717180
Thx for ALL you do Joette, my classes and all your steadfast selfless care of us your beloved friends! Hopefully this story will fill an unusual niche.
I used to be able to pull out poison ivy like any other weed until ONE TIME a small branch got caught under my watchband. I woke the next morning not with an outbreak but with an insane manic response! I had already removed the leaflet and saw a quarter sized red spot under the band and assumed my nonreactive period was at it’s end. I was so crazy manic that I got a family DR appt and almost got kicked out of her office by the receptionist with my pacing and insistance on being seen immediately! Sadly pre-homeopathy days I accepted a steroid shot and prednisone script! Who knows the damage that did to my pancreas and I do see weight gain and sugar issues from that period! Only years later did I hear of someone like myself! Not huge blisters and itching but manic response… Just for those who have it THIS WAY you might read this article… https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeopathy_b_1717180
Excellent article.