65: Poison Ivy Relief with Essential Oils and Hydrosols

In today's episode I talk about my encounter with a patch of poison ivy, the reaction my skin had and the remedies I used to heal!
What You Will Hear in Episode 65:

• How I got into poison ivy and the reaction to my skin
• What is poison ivy and why do we get a reaction when we touch it
• My IMMEDIATE ITCH RELIEF remedy 
• The specific issues of poison ivy reaction that we address with aromatics
• The specific essential oils and hydrosols I recommend
• How to identify poison ivy from harmless ivys
• Smell My Life: How Liz used essential oils to address ants in her kitchen

Links and Resources:

• Tips to Identify Poison Ivy
• DIY Recipe for Natural Calamine Lotion
• Episode 37: Essential Oil Sensitization: Are you at Risk?
• Episode 54: The Amazing Blue Oils
• Episode 51: Peppermint Hydrosol Benefits and Uses
• My favorite hydrosol supplier NaturesGift.com use the code "wisdom"

References:
The Effect of Peppermint Oil on Symptomatic Treatment of Pruritus in Pregnant Women

Transcript

For a full, printable transcript of this episode, go to Patreon.com/AromaticWisdom.

The printable transcript is a wonderful tool that you can add to other aromatherapy study materials, a  resource binder, highlighting key points or simply making your own notes in the margin.