26 Natural Home Remedies for Prickly Heat, Sweat Rashes, Heat Rashes, Sunburn
Prickly heat is a common skin problem in
adults, children and infants, mostly occurs in the summer and hot days. Prickly
heat is also known as miliary, heat rash or sweat rash, it is an itchy rash
with small red spots occurs, which cause harshness of the skin.
Prickly heat is very irritating, painful
and cause harsh itching. These rashes can be develop anywhere on the body, but
mostly occurs on the neck, in folds of skin, back, face, chest, thighs,
shoulders, armpits, and forehead. It happens, when sweat accumulates in
specific parts of body and converts in a small red bumps on skin.
People lives in hot and humid climates,
mostly experience the prickly heat. Living in hot conditions leads to too much
sweating, this blocks the sweat glands. And when these blocked glands burst
out, it irritates our skin and results in itchy rashes called prickly heat.
Causes
Causes of prickly heat are sweating and
scorching heat, bacterial infections, blocked pores from sweat glands or
underdeveloped sweat glands, overweight, unhealthy lifestyle, bad eating
habits, alcohol consumption, excessive smoking, side effects of the
medicines, stressful lifestyle, excessive consumption of oily food and junk
food.
Symptoms
The common symptoms of prickly heat are harshness
or itchiness sensations, mild inflammation, small red round bumps, itchy and
scorching rashes.
Do and Don’t
1.
Stay in an
air-conditioned or cool environment, have a cool shower or bath to reduce the
prickly sensations. Take cool shower two three times a day.
2.
Always wear loose
and cotton clothes, avoid synthetic clothing.
3.
Drink plenty of
water (at least 9 glasses a day) during hot climate. Consume fruits and
vegetables with high water content.
4.
Do not use creams
and oils to treat heat rashes, they do not prevent sweat rashes, but they can
block the pores.
Here we are giving few tips and natural home remedies to get rid of prickly heat. Try following home remedies, these remedies are natural, very effective and do not have any side effects.
Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera has outstanding healing
properties, which reduces and removes the prickly heat and the itchy and
scorching rashes; it contains anti-inflammatory, cooling and soothing
properties that will give you a cooling effects.
Tip: Try
following aloe Vera remedy immediately (within 4-5 minutes) after bath for fast
relief from prickly heat.
1. Apply aloe gel directly
Extract some fresh aloe Vera gel from
aloe plant (or use readymade pure aloe gel) and apply the aloe gel properly
over the affected skin. Leave the application for 1-2 hours and then rinse off
with cool water. Follow this remedy after bath in the morning or in the
afternoon and before going to bed at night (leave it overnight and wash off in
the morning with cool water)
2. Aloe Vera with turmeric
Mix half or 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
in 2-3 tablespoon of fresh or pure aloe Vera gel, mix them well and apply on
the affected skin for 1 hour and rinse it off with cool water. Do this once or
twice a day.
3. Aloe with apple cider
vinegar
Add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
in the 2-3 tablespoon of fresh or pure aloe Vera gel and rub this mixture over
affected skin for 1 hour. Wash off with cool water. Repeat this once or twice a
day for fast effect.
Margosa /neem leaves
The margosa/neem has antibacterial
property which helps in killing the germs and also gives you immediate relief
from other skin diseases. Margosa / neem leaf has anti inflammatory and
antiseptic properties that prevents and removes the prickly heat symptoms such
as harsh itching and inflammation.
4. Neem with rose water
Grind/smash a handful of fresh
margosa/neem leaves with 3 tablespoon of rose water to make a smooth paste.
Smear this paste on the affected skin areas and Leave it for 1 hour. Then wash
it off with cool water. Follow this remedy once a day.
5. Neem with multani mitti
Mix 3 tablespoon of fresh margosa/neem
paste with 2 tablespoon of multani mitti and 4 tablespoon of rose water. Apply
the mixture over the heat rashes for 1 hour and rinse off with cool water.
Follow this once a day. You can also use gram flour instead of multani mitti.
6. Apply neem water
Crush 2 handfuls of margosa/neem leaves
and boil them in 2 glasses of water for 20-30 minutes. Strain the water and
keep it in the freezer for 5-10 minutes. Then soak clean cotton clothe in this
cold water and place it over the affected skin area for 10 minutes. Repeat this
2-3 times a day for fast relief.
Oatmeal
Oatmeal is a healthy and nutritious
food; it has amazing healing properties for both inside and outside our body.
It has anti inflammatory and calming properties. It has been proven to protect
our skin and it also gives relief from prickly heat symptoms. Oatmeal helps in healing
itchy and scorching heat rashes and insect bites also.
Tip: Try
following oatmeal remedy immediately (within 4-5 minutes) after bath for fast
relief from prickly heat.
7. Oatmeal with turmeric
Take 3 tablespoon of oatmeal powder and
add half teaspoon of turmeric powder in it, mix them well to make smooth paste.
Apply this paste on the heat rashes for 1 hour and wash it off with cool water.
Do this twice a day.
8. Oatmeal with lemon juice
Add 2 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice or
apple cider vinegar in the 3 tablespoon of oatmeal powder. Mix the ingredients
properly and make smooth paste. Apply this mixture over affected skin area for
1 hour and wash off with cool water. Repeat this once or twice a day.
9. Oatmeal with curd
Mix 3 tablespoon of oatmeal powder with
cup of curd, also add half teaspoon of turmeric in it. Apply the mixture over
the hear rashes. Rinse the application off after 1 hour. Follow this once or
twice a day to get rid of prickly heat symptoms.
10. Oatmeal water
Add cup of oatmeal powder to your
bathtub filled with cool water. Stir the water, until the water gets a creamy
color. Soak yourself in this bath water for 20-30 minutes to relieve and soothe
the skin. Pat dry the body with a soft towel. Repeat this 2 times a day for
fast relief.
