{"id":20618,"date":"2025-09-17T17:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=20618"},"modified":"2025-09-17T17:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T21:13:52","slug":"summer-itch-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/summer-itch-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Itch Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><em>By Cait Johnson, Assistant Producer, Care2 Healthy Living Channels &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/\">http:\/\/www.care2.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>An herbalist friend recommended this remedy to me years ago when I suffered from a weepy, oozy, tear-your-skin-off case of poison ivy,\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/focus-adhd-remedy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A.D.H.D.<\/a>tried every remedy in the books to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>This one worked. Oh the blessed relief!<\/p>\n<p>Since then, I\u2019ve found it to be terrifically effective against mosquito bites, flea bites, and other summer itchies, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osha<\/a>\u00a0Root Tincture (which may be ordered online or found in your local natural foods store) is the best remedy for allergic reactions caused by poison ivy and bug bites EVER.<\/p>\n<p>Simply apply tincture directly, and sparingly, to the affected area and allow to dry.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about weeds and health, see Susun Weed\u2019s groundbreaking \u201cHealing Wise\u201d (Ash Tree Publishing, 1989).<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osha<\/a>\u00a0is unavailable, here is another helpful itch treatment:<\/p>\n<p>Cosmetic-grade\u00a0<a href=\"\/remedies-treatments\/herbs-oils.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clay<\/a>\u00a0mixed with water to make a paste, applied liberally to the affected area, and allowed to dry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-teaser\"><b><a title=\"Permanent Link: Summer Itch Relief\" href=\"\/general\/summer-itch-relief\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read the rest of this post here<\/a>\u00a0(331 words, 1 image, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)<\/b><\/div>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, make sure you\u00a0<a href=\"\/feed\/\">subscribe to my RSS feed<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cait Johnson, Assistant Producer, Care2 Healthy Living Channels &#8211; http:\/\/www.care2.com\/ An herbalist friend recommended this remedy to me years ago when I suffered from a weepy, oozy, tear-your-skin-off case of poison ivy,\u00a0A.D.H.D.tried every remedy in the books to no avail. This one worked. Oh the blessed relief! Since then, I\u2019ve found it to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-health-info","category-herbs-for-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}