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Re: poison oak allergy
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Tom Barber <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:12:28 -0500
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Mary asked:

>Any paleo ideas for treating poison oak? I'm very allergic to it. How did
>native populations deal with this?

Primative people knew the plants far better than we do now. They knew what
plants did or did not do. I suspect they avoided poison ivy and poison oak
easily.

I have tried jewelweed and found it did not work very well.

Tom Barber
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