Any home remedies for prickly heat rash?
I don’t have any skin conditions such as psoriasis or excema, and I don’t have any skin allergies. It’s definitely heat rash of some sort. I just get patches of itchy rashes during the summer when it’s hot and humid. I have been China for for years and TCM hasn’t helped much. Right now the best relief I can get is from taking a hot shower (to open the pores), covering my body with shampoo or other products containing menthol, waiting about five to ten minutes until my whole body tingles. After that I rinse with hot water again (to clean the products chemicals out of my pores), then a cold water rinse to close the pores and cool off. This is usually only temporary relief. I do sweat a lot (more than most people), so I take about three cold showers a day too cool off and clean out the pores. I do refrain from scratching (as I know it makes it worse) during waking hours, but during my sleep, I have involuntary scratching. I am really into alternative health and home remedies. Thanks
Okay, I have posted this question in several categories and cornstarch or baking soda seem to dominate the home remedy advice. But how do I prepare and apply it to my skin? How long do I keep it on, and should I rinse with hot or cold water? Thanks
May 24th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
try using corn starch.
May 25th, 2009 at 11:41 am
When I was a teenager I played tennis for hours my body didn’t mind the sun then. Getting older it turned into a case of putting cold on those spots -ice cubes work the best for a slight moment , a cold wash cloth . I can’t believe that a hot shower helps you it always just irritated my skin more when it’s already heated up. Nobody I know takes 3 showers a day for any reason. Recently I’ve had to change to wearing long sleeves while outside. I think my only point is regulate the time that you are in the sun or heat.
Stop over doing it in any form.
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May 27th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Try Baking Soda.
May 30th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Gentle hands and a good rub down….lol..That is how you apply it!!! Or should I say how someone else would apply it for you…..
You have a sense of haha and so do I…gottchaaaaaaa!!
Hope you are getting control of this thing..I had it one summer and I know what it is all about….
June 1st, 2009 at 9:24 am
Try washing with oatmeal soap, letting your skin air dry, and applying calamine lotion at night. during the day (when the mess of calamine lotion is too much) try a mild cornstarch based powder (baby powder is always good, or plain cornstarch… nothing with talc, it’s irritating)