POISON OAK REMEDIES

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 22, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 34.

POISON OAK REMEDIES.

THE following are given in the Examiner as sure cures for poison-oak swellings and eruptions:—

The following is a certain and almost magical cure: Dissolve a piece of unslaked lime, about the size of a hen's egg, in a saucer of water, and apply frequently with a small sponge to the parts affected. I have applied this to a young child's face which was almost a solid scab. Her eyes were swollen shut, and she could not speak intelligibly through the crusts about her lips and mouth.

Oakland.

I have found that soap root is a cure, and it grows where the poison oak flourishes. It is nature's remedy. Dig the root and make a lather and apply with a soft cloth or sponge. Let the lather dry on; it protects the skin from the air, and affords instant relief from the itching and burning, and with continued applications will effect a permanent cure.

East Oakland.