[COLOR="Purple"]Hi - every summer I succumb to incredibly itchy and unsightly heat rashes on my lower legs that prevent me from wearing dresses.
I have tried several ways of tackling this problem, which I will share here, but would also like to know if anyone here has useful/other ways of naturally combating this condition.
For prevention, when it is hot I try not to walk briskly (definitely not run), i.e. not to exert myself and to keep in the shade where possible.
If/when I get a heat rash I have several ways of dealing with them. I constantly keep the heated skin moist/damp - applying a cool fan on the wet skin amplifies the evaporation/cooling effect. I keep plastic milk bottles, filled with water, in the freezer. Applying these frozen bottles - wrapped in a tea towel - directly onto the skin (for a while) I find subsides the itching sensation. Also placing the frozen bottles on your head (best done in private!) substantially fasttracks the cooling effect.
Aloe Vera Gel is excellent at reducing both the itching and the inflammation but it's sticky and I find I can't apply the above water cooling method, i.e. keeping the lower leg constantly wet (hence cooling it all the time).
What are your ways of dealing with this? I would prefer something I can self-treat since, being a full time carer, I am virtually housebound.
[COLOR="Purple"]I have since learnt some other remedies which may be enough info for me now:-
To relieve itching:
A bicarb tepid bath. (3 tablespoons bicarb). Soak 15-20 mins. Rinse then dry thoroughly.
Apple cider vinegar solution (1 tsp. to 1 cup water) sponged on to affected areas. Also restores the pH balance.
[COLOR="Purple"]Just a footnote to the post above. Bicarb should be avoided if you have high blood pressure.
Someone recommended rubbing white vinegar directly onto the affected skin (and not in a dilution as suggested above) to relieve itching. Although I have not tried it, I sense it would be effective since rubbing vinegar directly onto flea bites relieves the itching sensation.
I have realised now that prickly heat and heat rash are one and the same thing. I did see a prickly heat thread here. Maybe this explains the lack of posts here. If the mods wish to merge the 2 threads or close this one, I don't mind.
Any time your body overheats you can develop heat rash.
Try the below tips;
Make a soothing powder by browning 1/2 cup of flour in the oven, apply to the rash.
Take a watermelon rind and rub the prickly-heated area.
A vitamin C supplement taken regularly will help relieve the itch.
A great soothing powder for underarms or other rash areas is cornstarch.
Many fresh food items can relieve itch: the inside of a banana skin, a slice or two of lemon, ice cold while-milk compresses, an oatmeal bath, mashed pieces of tofu, the water that is left after you cook a crab.
Put cod-liver oil on blotchy, scaly and itchy skin. Leave it on as long as possible. Use cool water when you wash it off. You should be able to find Norwegian emulsified cod-liver oil that doesn't smell.
Rub liquid lecithin on the problem areas and leave on as long as possible, rinsing away with cool water.
Puncture a vitamin E capsule, mix the contents with a little petroleum jelly. Spread the mixture on the irritated skin.
same problem?
Hi I have a blotchy itchy skin with some red spots between the tighs and the groin area and on the skin of my penis.
How effective are the remedies above I would like to try.
pnajafi,
Welcome to Healthypages,
I wouldn't be sure that that is the same problem. It sounds very much like something you should go and get checked out by your doctor. Once you have a proper diagnosis, then you can look at your options for how to deal with it, whether that is orthodox medicine, or complementary or alternative treatments.
All Love and Reiki Hugs
organic not chemicals will make it worse
try a lotion naturelle, from anar naturals on amazon,,,,contains candula which gives the skin a cooling effect...
Heat rash is one of the problem which arises in summer. I have the few remedies which helps to reduce the heat rash given below
1. Smoothly massage the rash occurred area with ice cube for 5 to 10 min. So that you will get good relaxation from its pain
2. Coconut oil is said to be the best remedy for this.