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What are different home remedies for Diaper Rash? – Part 1

What is meant by Diaper Rash?
• Baby’s skin is most sensitive and soft.
• Most of babies do come down with diaper rashes despite our efforts to prevent them.
• Diaper rash is what appears in the area covered by a diaper.
• Almost every baby is affected by diaper rash at least once.
• The common cause of diaper rash is that the diaper area is usually covered 24 hours with a diaper.
• The warm moist setting is just perfect for diaper rash eruption.

Preventing Diaper Rash
• Change diapers as soon as they get wet and messy.
• Wash and dry baby’s bottom.
• Pay special attention to creases and skin folds at each change.
• Avoid using too much pressure or scrubbing to the bottom.
• Wipe or pat gently.
• Wipe from front to back.
• This will avoid transferring bacteria to the genital area.
• Don’t secure the diaper too tightly.
• Allow some room for air to flow inside.
• Avoid using harsh or perfumed soaps when washing cloth diapers.
• Avoid plastic diaper covers.
• Rinse cloth diapers thoroughly with very hot water.
• Change baby’s diaper frequently.
• Let your baby go bare bottom from 15min-30 min a few times a day.
• Exposing the baby’s skin to air is a natural way to healing.

Home Remedies for treatment of Diaper Rash

• Wash the baby’s bottom with running tap water after every bowel movement.
• This will provide relief from diaper rash.
• Dab dry rash area with a soft cloth.
• Apply Vaseline or any rash-free creams or gel.
• Put some oatmeal in the bath water.
• Keep swishing this water around the area that has the diaper rash.
• Do this for about 15 minutes.
• Mix corn starch & Vaseline to make a paste.
• Put it on the rash and rash will be gone by the next diaper change.
• Generously rub the lanolin oil over affected area.
• The lanolin forms a waxy coating over the area and allows it to heal.
• It will also help in not becoming re-irritated with every diaper.
• Pour milk of magnesia all over the rash.
• Use this until rash disappears.
• Wash the baby’s bottom with warm water.
• Dry it properly.
• Take vegetable oil and pour it in the hand and apply it to the diaper rash.
• Put plenty of Vaseline on baby and diaper.
• This forms a waterproof layer between baby’s skin and diaper.

Other Home Remedies

1. Baking soda
• If baby’s bottom is very raw, try giving a sitz bath for 10 minutes.
• Do this 3 times a day.
• Add 2 tablespoons of baking soda to the tub of warm water.

2. Cornstarch
• A nice patting of cornstarch helps dry up damp areas.
• It reduces friction caused by elastic in diapers.
• When applying, first shake the cornstarch into your hand.
• Avoid store-bought talcum powders.
• Talcum is dangerous for babies to inhale.

3. Maalox
• It can prevent diaper rash on babies by cooling irritated skin.
• It neutralizes acid.
• With a cotton ball, apply a small amount of the liquid to baby’s bottom.
• Allow to dry before diapering.

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What are different home remedies for Chicken Pox? – Part 2

What is Chicken Pox?
• Chicken pox is a viral infection which is very common and highly contagious disease.
• Newborns and adults may experience more severe symptoms than children.
• Vaccinations have reduced its incidence.
• The symptoms for chicken pox do not appear until the infectious stage.
• This virus is transmitted by air (coughing or sneezing) or physical contact with a sick person.
• A pimple like eruptions appear on the body which are filled with fluid and look like blisters.
• They crust all over the body.
• During this period itching persists and scratching them can lead to infection and scarring.
• Chicken pox normally starts and finishes in about two weeks.

Symptoms for Chicken Pox
The initial symptoms are:
• Fever
• Fatigue
• Itchy rash
• Loss of appetite

Home Remedies for Chicken pox

8. Chicken Pox treatment using Herbal Tea
• A mild sedative herbal tea can also prove beneficial in the treating chicken pox.
• A little cinnamon (cinnamon), honey, and lemon may be added to this tea.
• 1t should be sipped slowly several times a day.

This tea can be prepared from any of the herbs like:
• chamomile (babunah)
• basil (holy basil)
• marigold (zergul)
• lemon balm (billilotan)

9. Chicken Pox treatment using Catnip tea and molasses
• Use Catnip tea sweetened with molasses
• It reduces fever.

10. Chicken Pox treatment using Cold water and ginger
• Fill the bath tub with cool water.
• Add ginger to it.
• Take a 30 minute bath.
• This helps stop the itching.

11. Chicken Pox treatment using special herbal tea
- Make a tea with:
• 2 tbs. of queen of the meadow
• 1 tsp. of coltsfoot leaves
• 2 tsp. of marigold flowers
• 2 cups of boiling water

o Let it sit in a nonmetallic pot by mixing all ingredients for 20 minutes.
o Take one cup a day.

12. Chicken Pox treatment using Marigold flowers
- Mix
• 2 tbs. marigold flowers
• 1 tsp. witch hazel leaves
• 1 cup of water

o Let them sit over night.
o Apply on rash as needed.
o This will relieve the itch of chicken pox.

Homeopathic Remedies for treatment of chicken pox

Some very useful homeopathic remedies are:
• Antimonium crudum
• Antimonium tartaricum
• Pulsatilla
• Sulphur
• Rhus tox

Herbs for treatment of chicken pox

Some very powerful herbs are:
• St. John’s wort
• Pau d’arco
• Ginger
• Burdock root
• Echinacea
• Goldenseal

Water for treatment of chicken pox

• Drink lot of water to prevent dehydration.
• Drink lot of fresh juices.

Dietaries for Chicken Pox

- Raw Fruit and Vegetable Juices and Lemon Juice
• The patient should be put on a juice diet for a few days.
• Give plenty of raw fruits and vegetable juices.
• Lemon juice is considered to be beneficial.

- All-fruit Diet and Well-balanced Diet
• The patient can be placed on an all-fruit diet for the next few days.
• He or she may be allowed to gradually adopt a well-balanced diet.
• The emphasis should be on fresh fruits and raw vegetables.

- Other treatments
1. Warm-water enema
A small warm-water enema should be administered daily along with the initial juice fast which will help to cleanse the bowels.

2. Well-ventilated room
• The patient should be kept in a well-ventilated room.
• The patient should shade his eyes from the direct light
• The room should have subdued light.

3. Mud pack application on abdomen
• Application of mud packs on the abdomen twice a day is beneficial.
• Do this in the morning and evening.
• Repeated applications of chest packs will be beneficial.

4. Lukewarm water baths with Margosa leaves.
• Lukewarm water baths can be given every day.
• This will help to relieve itching.
• Margosa (Neem) leaves can be added to this water for better results.
• The nails of the child should be kept clipped.
• This is to prevent him from scratching and germs on the skin may be scratched into the blisters.
• This will cause more severe infection.