I haven't been able to follow this thread for a number of weeks so if this product has already been mentioned, I apologize. Last year I had a hard time with poison ivy after not having had it for years. Not only would the original rash not go away, it spread from day to day as well. I found a bar of Farmer's Friend Poison Ivy Soap at my local natural foods co-op and it took care of the problem almost at once. The soap is one Burt's Bees' products. If you don't have a local natural products outlet you can get the soap through their web site http://www.burtsbees.com/cgi-bin/burtsbees.storefront . Click Online Catalog and Farmer's Friend Collection. Peggy Murdock - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT to [log in to unmask]