If you come into contact with poison ivy and have a skin reaction, the rash will show up in 12 to 48 hours and last one to three weeks. Luckily, there are many home remedies that can alleviate the ...

Just thinking about poison ivy can make you itch. Blistering rashes on your arms and ankles, oozing bumps between your fingers and eyelid-swelling exposures are all-too-familiar summer hazards.

Poison oak, much like poison ivy, also has three leaves. The difference between the two is that poison oak has fuzzy green ...

Q. I recently developed a nasty poison ivy rash and tried every remedy I could think of. Then I read about witch hazel. I had ...

Dear Neil: We have several acres covered with poison ivy. Unfortunately, the ivy keeps spreading. Store-bought remedies as well as homemade mixtures have not worked. Do you have any suggestions?

From now on, I will keep witch hazel on hand to help ease the discomfort of poison ivy at the first sign of a rash. A: Witch hazel (Hamamelis) has long been used as a topical treatment for skin ...