26 Natural Home Remedies for Prickly Heat, Sweat Rashes, Heat Rashes, Sunburn - Part 3
18. Baking Soda
Baking soda works as a gentle
exfoliating agent who helps clean out clogged pores and also removes dirt, dead
skin cells and other impurities from the skin. Thus it relieves the
inflammation and itching caused by prickly heat.
1.
Prepare a simple
cooling compress for itchy and scorching prickly heat. Add 2 tablespoon of
baking soda in glass of chilled water. Soak small cotton cloth in this solution
and place it over the affected skin. When the cloth gets warm, again soak it in
the mixture and place over the affected skin. Repeat this for 10 minutes.
Follow this remedy 3-4 times a day for amazing result.
2.
Dust affected
areas with baking soda or pure sandalwood powder immediately after bath. Their
fresh and cooling effect helps in healing heat rashes quickly.
3. Take a handful of Indian plum (jamun) leaves, smash
them or grind them using four tablespoon of rose water and make smooth paste of
it. Add 1-2 teaspoon of baking soda in this paste, mix them properly and apply
over the affected area. Leave it for 30 minutes and rinse off with cool water.
19. Raw Mangoes
Consumption of raw mango juice (kairi
panhe) reduces the symptoms of prickly heat. Raw mangoes are one of the
greatest seasonal fruit which gives cooling and calming effects to your body in
hot days. Consume following recipe of raw mango juice to get relief from
prickly heat.
1.
Take 2 raw
mangoes and boil them in glass of water until they become soft. When the water
become cool, remove the mangoes and squeeze out the pulp from it.
2.
Then add pinch of
black salt, 2-3 tablespoon of sugar or honey and half teaspoon of cumin seed
powder in this pulp. Grind the mixture in grinder with few ice cubes and your
magical juice is ready! Drink this raw mango juice (kairi panhe) 2-3 times a
day to speed up the healing process.
20. Sandalwood Powder
Sandalwood has cooling properties which
effectively removes prickly heat symptoms. It also reduces your body
temperature, which is very necessary for fast recovery from prickly heat.
1.
Mix 2 tablespoon
of coriander powder and 2-3 tablespoon of pure coriander powder, also add
enough rose water to make smooth paste. Apply this paste over the prickly heat
rashes. Leave it for 45 minutes and then wash it off with cool water. Repeat
this once or twice a day.
2.
Add 2 tablespoon
of pure sandalwood powder to 3-4 tablespoon of fresh cucumber juice, mix them
properly to make smooth paste. Rub this paste over heat rashes and wash off
after 30-40 minutes with cool water. You can also use rose water instead of
cucumber juice.
21. Cool Honey-Cucumber paste
Cut a cucumber in small pieces, grind
them to make fine and smooth paste and add 1tbsp of honey to it. Keep this
paste in refrigerator for 30 minutes and then apply the paste over affected
skin. Wash off after 1 hour. Do this once or twice a day.
22. Henna powder with rose
Mix 2 tablespoon of henna powder with
3-4 tablespoon of rose water or fresh cucumber juice. Make a fine paste and
apply over the affected skin. Leave it for 30-40 minutes and then rinse off
with normal water. But, application of henna will color your skin.
23. Curd with watermelon
Take bowl of fully ripe watermelon
pieces (peeled) and grind them with half cup of curd. Make a smooth paste and
spread over the heat rashes for 1 hour, then wash off with cool water. Repeat
this once or twice a day.
24. Banyan tree bark
Banyan tree barks are very beneficial in
healing prickly heat rapidly. Take handful of dry barks of the banyan tree and
grind them to make a fine powder. Dust this bark powder over affected skin for
quick relief from prickly heat rashes.
25. Gram flour or multani mitti
Mix 2 tablespoon of gram flour or
multani mitti with 2 tablespoon of honey and two tablespoon of fresh lemon
juice. Mix all these ingredients properly to make smooth paste. Apply this
mixture on the heat rashes for 40 minutes and wash it off with cool water.
26. Treat internally
Along with external remedies, prickly
heat must be treated internally too. So drink fresh lemon/lime juice,
watermelon juice, cucumber juice and raw mango juice (kairi panhe) 2-3 times a
day to reduce excessive heat from body and for fast relief from heat rashes.
