Fieldcraft Banana peels (miracle of modern science)

[Triggerhappy]

I had a friend tell me about a month ago that if you ever get poison ivy, rub it down with banana peels and it will go away. To make a long story short I went mushroom hunting today and well I got to try his advice. IT WORKS! I get poison ivy BAAADDD and in 15 minutes it no longer itched and an hour later it is going away. Wow am I glad I learned this. Thought it may be helpful to others. Sounds weird but it does work.

 

[Raven 6]

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Crazy question, but are you talking about the inside or outside of the peeling?

 

[yotefever]

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A guy that hunts with my in laws sure could have used that tip a few years ago when he was hunting and didn't have any tp.

 

[Triggerhappy]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Triple 6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Crazy question, but are you talking about the inside or outside of the peeling? </div></div> Inside. When he first told me he said "your going to think I'm crazy but...." and at first I did but I though what the heck I have poison ivy + bananas so I tried it.

 

[hue001t]

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yes i could have used this many of times.. ty for the tip though!

 

[Stealthy]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Triggerhappy</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> To make a long story short I went mushroom hunting today and well I got to try his advice.</div></div>

Are you sure it was the Poison Ivy and not the mushrooms? How many had you eaten and what did they look like?

 

[Raven 6]

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What the hell, I don't take poison ivy or poison oak, but my son does, I'll have him give it a try.

 

[Triggerhappy]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Stealthy</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Triggerhappy</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> To make a long story short I went mushroom hunting today and well I got to try his advice.</div></div>

Are you sure it was the Poison Ivy and not the mushrooms? How many had you eaten and what did they look like? </div></div>
They were little brown ones on cow turds. No, I really found 57 morels that I had not eaten yet, but man they were good later when I did.

 

[DAFAR]

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Thanks for some good info, hopefully I will never need it but thanks

 

[Switchblade]

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PAnty 6 got deep into some poison ivy here when she was prepping it last summer. I guess they don't know about the banana skin trick in Hawaii, but I also don't think they have poison ivy either. Man she was red and swollen for almost a month during teh summer heat, miserable...glad I was still up in Drum

 

[Unsichtbar]

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Have to give banana peels a try. Just a caution when burning brush, when I was a kid my fathers crews cleared a right a way. The burned the brush, devastating all over the body but poison ivy smoke in the lungs is deadly.

 

[fcordrey]

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Never heard that one before but what the heck ..........worth a try if needed . Hope I don't need it !

 

[SIERRAWHISKEY]

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Heard of smoking banana peels,never heard of rubbing them on you.I'll give it a try next time I get in some ivy.

 

[landtech308]

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thx for the info

 

[High Binder]

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I had a doctor tell me he recommends bananas for every skin problem, especially exema. I had dishydrotic exema from wearing gloves in a machine shop. I didn't try the banana peel trick but some Rx steroid stuff worked wonders...

 

[Vindex]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Unsichtbar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Have to give banana peels a try. Just a caution when burning brush, when I was a kid my fathers crews cleared a right a way. The burned the brush, devastating all over the body but poison ivy smoke in the lungs is deadly. </div></div>

+1.

A great guy on the Lightfighter forum passd away last year from inhaling the smoke from dead vines -which turned out to be poison ivy. A couple of tours in the sand box didn't touch him. Absolutely destroyed his lungs, and thre was nothing they could do. Pretty horrible way to go.

 

[SmokeRolls]

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I didn't know about the banana peels, will give that a try since I am alergic to poison ivy and even have some behind my knee as you read this ( I spend alot of time in the woods and in trees).
+1 on the burning brush with poison ivy...It's airborn poison to an allergic individual.
............... SmokeRolls

 

[Mo_Zam_Beek]

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Did you wash with bleach or Tecnu first? Or did you just start rubbing dirty sweaty skin with the peels?

TIA

 

[Victor Co Heather]

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Banana peels can cure plantar warts on your feet... my brother swears by it.

 

[HH4]

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Has anbody tried this with poison oak?

 

[Triggerhappy]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mo_Zam_Beek</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Did you wash with bleach or Tecnu first? Or did you just start rubbing dirty sweaty skin with the peels?

TIA </div></div>
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