"***Put in blender ….3-4 cups of oats, 1/4 cup of salt, 1/2 cup of baking powder, and added in white ... " (more) vinegar until it was like pizza dough. Then take a handful of the mixture, stretched it out to the size of the area, and then wrapped it up, using saran wrap, or a large wound care bandage, and tape it together. Leave on for a few hours and let it do its thing. It burns so slightly, but it will wick out the oils, and definitely dries up the skin. Do for three days, and three treatments, it will be all done for. After treatment is finished the skin just peel like a sunburn, and have very nice healthy skin underneath. A case like this, so severe, and using conventional means, would have take upwards of 2-3 weeks to get to this point. With this treatment it should only take about 4 days to be cured. ***First use a blow dry and blow hot air on the affected area. The red areas should start to dry up and decrease in size. You could also place affected area under a heat lamp, but not too long. Burning the skin. ***Use Jewel weed that is a natural remedy. It is found in damp places in the spring after poison ivy has grown. It is like Aloe where you break the stalk and a thick juice comes out. It will clear up poison ivy in a day. ***Gojo degreaser... works really well. It will make a big difference in one application and 2 days later half of the spots will be gone! Also, spray starch works well for 10 hrs straight for night time place socks on the feet or hands to let the stuff dry, Both can be used with a q-tip will stop the itching and burning instantly. ****Rub the area with the white paste type toothpaste not gel. It cools and stops the itch right away and also dries it up quick and you'll smell fresh and minty!! ****Using Vick's Vapo Rub helps ease the itching and burning. Since you have to remove the poisonous oils from your skin; using another oily product will help to extract the bad oils into the good oil. ***Anbesol works on some cases."