Re: Tecnu was:Poison Ivy Cure Re: Ruta graveolens (spelling?)

Hi Marge,
Since I am on the Poison Oak side of the country must ask does this
product work for that?While I dont easily get it have many friends who
do,thanks for the tip.
Connie

Marge Talt wrote:

> Cheryl, I second and third you.  Tecnu is the greatest stuff
> since...well, soap. I only have to look at poison ivy and I've got
> it; spent years in intermittent misery until I discovered this
> wonderful stuff.  Now, I just grab the bottle and wash up with it
> after coming in from the garden...haven't had a case of PI since I
> found it.  Have not used the post exposure creams, just the 'soap'.
> Trick is you have to follow instructions and massage it in for the
> full 2 minutes.
>
> Gemplers (marvelous supplier of myriad stuff) carries it:
> http://www.gemplers.com/
>
> Deerbusters site carries it and think CVS may also have it.
> http://www.deer-busters.com/dee-0177.html
>
> Here's the Tecnu web site:
>
> http://www.teclabsinc.com/cleanse.html
>
> They also have a page of suppliers
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: Cheryl Isaak <cherylisaak@adelphia.net>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > >Sorry for you guys with the poison ivy, isn't there some new OTC
> remedy for
> > >PI.  It certainly can make life miserable in the garden.  I used
> to live next
> > >to a man who ran over it with is lawn mower once in a while and he
> ended up
> > >in the hospital for breathing in the thrown up grass behind the
> mower.
> >
> > Technu is the latest and greatest thing for poison ivy - there is
> > "soap" for exposure and several creams.  Great stuff, I keep it
> with
> > the camping gear.
> > I know Walt Nickes sells it and I'll bet that it is in some drug
> > stores.  I need to replace mine, so I'll be looking!
>
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