Home Remedies For Prickly Heat
Prickly heat is a common condition in which areas of the skin itch intensely and often feel prickly, or sting, due to overheating. Also called heat rash prickly heat looks like tiny bumps surrounded by an area of red skin. It usually occurs on clothed parts of the body, such as the back, abdomen, neck, upper chest, groin or armpits and goes away on its own within a few days. In severe forms, however, prickly heat can interfere with the body’s heat-regulating mechanism and cause fever, heat exhaustion and even death.
Prickly Heat Home Remedies
Dissolve Fuller’s earth (Multani mitti) in water to make a thin paste. It should be smeared over the affected parts. When the paste dries, wash with cold water.
Apply green henn ground in water on the affected skin.
Grind leaves of Neem in water and apply on the affected skin.
The most effective remedy for treating prickly heat is to take a small piece of sandalwood and rub it into a paste on a stone with rose water. Mix a pinch of powdered alum to the paste and apply to the affected skin twice or thrice a week depending upon the conditions of prickly heat.
The paste made of powdered bark of pipal tree and finely powdered brick is applied on the affected parts all over the body.
The powder of sandalwood dusted all over the body is effective in giving relief in prickly heat.
The paste made of the seeds of jambul and applied over the body is effective in treating prickly heat.
Make a soothing powder by browning ½ cup of regular flour in the oven. Then apply to the rash.
Rub the prickly-heated area with the inside of watermelon rind.
Some ice cubes into a sealed plastic bag and wrap it in a dishcloth. Apply to the affected areas for five to ten minutes at a time. Repeat every four to six hours.
Baking soda or fine-ground oatmeal powder works wonders to ease the itch from a heat rash. Add a few tablespoons of either to your tepid bath water and stir it well so that it dissolves completely.
There are many non- prescription lotions that relieve the itch from heat rash. Smooth mentholated or calamine lotion on your skin to cool the irritated areas. Alternatively, gently apply the gel from an aloe vera leaf, a plant well-known for its healing and soothing properties.
