Patent ID: 7858570

Claim:
A method for treating a condition caused by the contact of skin with a source of urushiol, the method comprising: providing a skin drying topical scrub intended to be applied to skin that has been in contact with the source of urushiol to remove the urushiol from the skin, the topical scrub consisting essentially of: at least one anionic surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant selected to form a complex with the urushiol such that removal of the surfactants from the skin removes the urushiol with the surfactants and causes a drying of the skin upon which the surfactants are applied; one or more granular materials configured to roughen skin that has been in contact with urushiol and provide a sensation on the skin that causes at least some relief of the itching caused by the urushiol upon a scrubbing application of the topical scrub; and one or more counterirritants, whereby the one or more surfactants is used in removing the urushiol from the skin and the one or more counterirritants provide a sensation on the skin to which the topical scrub has been applied; scrubbing the skin with the topical scrub to cause a roughening abrasion of the skin, penetration of the surfactants into the skin to form a complex with the urushiol, and a contact between the skin and the counterirritants such that the counterirritants provide a sensation to the skin; and removing the topical scrub from the skin having the rash by applying a fluid to the skin upon which the topical scrub has been applied, whereby removing the topical scrub from the skin removes urushiol from the skin and dries the skin.