Of course, poison ivy is just VERY ITCHY!!!... I get it every year because of my gardening and forging. I use ant-itch creams on it, but this is also good...
First pick jewelweed and spearmint. It blooms in late summer in Ohio. It has juicy semi-transparent stems. Get Ivory soap bars or another basic soap. Chop the soap bars up fine. You can use a food processor or blender, partly for this, if you want. Next, mash the jewel weed and spearmint, or you can use lemon balm, to goopy pulp. The jewelweed and spearmint is used raw. Cooking it would destroy it's effectiveness.
Put all the ingredients in a big bowl and add enough water to make the soap into a clay-like mixture. Form soap balls. Put them on a plate to dry. When they're dry wrap the balls in plastic wrap. This soap is effective on poison ivy only for the year it's made.
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