You will wonder to find that there are so many things around you in your home that act as home remedies for various purposes. Whenever your child falls while learning cycling and hurts, what do you immediately do? Yes you rub the wound with cold water or ice. This though is a first aid but in true sense a home remedy. In fact, if we observe minutely, we will find that most of the first aids are home remedies.

Like, these small hurts many other things may happen to your child. While playing in the garden he or she may come across the vine of sumac or oak or poison ivy. A slight touch of the vine with the skin may cause allergic reaction and red rashes appear with irresistible itch. This is because of the kind of oil in the leaves and stock of the vine plant called urushiol. This oil is quite sensitive to the skin. In this situation home remedies for poison ivy would be best choice for you.

The home remedies for poison ivy give much faster relief than the OTC effective drugs. These home remedies for poison ivy not only provide relief but also soothe the patient and they cost you nothing.

Here are some home remedies for poison ivy to try out whenever you or anyone you know comes in contact with the vines:

1. To remove the oil from the affected area rinse it with cold water as much as you can. This reduces the itching effect considerably.

2. If the patient cannot resist the itching then add some baking soda in water and apply. This abates the itching almost completely.

3. To cure the swell of the rashes instantly, dilute some amount of tea tree oil and apply very gently with cotton dabs.

4. Calamine lotion applied over the affected area of poison ivy too is effective.

5. Apply Calendula lotion over the itching area. This stops the spreading of rashes.

6. Check in the refrigerator for watermelon. Watermelon soothes the skin of itching and stops further swelling.