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Do oatmeal baths help calm poison ivy?
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Yes: The milling of oats produces a slick graphite like dust that is packaged & sold for it's therapeutic qualities. Oatmeal baths are not made with oatmeal! the soothing quality will benefit most people with itchy skin, if used correctly.
Answered 7/5/2016
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