Home remedies for poison oak will no longer let the oak oil irritate you by constant itching and the remedies will remove the swelling as well the rashes very smoothly without causing trouble. Poison oak produces a kind of oil within the vine called urushiol which if comes in contact with skin, causes irritation. A slight brush of the vine causes the allergic reactions marked by red rashes and accompanied by irresistible itching.

The symptoms of getting attached to poison oak are:

i) Vigorous itching and red rashes.
ii) Rashes erupting into streaks or patches.

If somehow you come in contact with the oak, you should immediately take the home remedies for poison oak. The home remedies are more effective and they cost nothing because you get everything in home or in your garden. Try out the home remedies for poison oak:

1. Rinse the affected area immediately with lots of cold water that would remove the oil content thus reducing the itching effect.
2. Put some baking soda in the water and wash the infected area to get fast relief from itching.
3. Some tea tree oil in water applied over the rash very gently with cotton would give instant relief from the swelling and it would disappear overnight.
4. You can apply little calamine lotion over the affected area.
5. Calendula lotion helps in reducing the itching effect and spread of rashes.
6. If available, you can apply watermelon on the rashes for healing and soothing the skin.
7. A paste of cold coffee and baking soda naturally heals the wound.
8. Boil some peach tree leaves and dab the solution with cotton when cold, the rashes disappear fast.
9.  Milk of magnesia is effective in stopping the itching with a soothing effect.
10. Even rubbing of banana peel is found effective to get rid of the rashes.
11. If you have aloe vera, make some juice and apply it on the area affected.
12. If blisters occur, you can apply warm vinegar over the area.

If you are not in the mode of applying the home made stuff then try the herbal medicines from homeopathy made from effective herbs that act as healers for the rashes caused from the poison oak. But, the home food as medicine to treat the attack of the oil is more easy and not cumbersome.

They are the natural cures. The use of certain oils like tea tree don't cause any problems since they are organic herbs with no side effects.