Does prickly heat itch? What are some useful home remedies for treating prickly heat?

Does prickly heat itch?

Of course prickly heat will itch. When prickly heat occurs in summer, the skin will feel itchy and burning.

How to get rid of prickly heat?

1. Use watermelon rind to get rid of prickly heat

Take some fresh watermelon slices, wash them and squeeze the juice, apply them on your body for 5-6 minutes and then wash them with warm water, or rub them gently with watermelon slices for 10 minutes and then rinse them with water, once a day. In the hot summer season, it can not only prevent and treat prickly heat, avoid or eliminate skin itching, but also make the skin smooth. In addition to rubbing, people can also use watermelon peels to boil water for bathing, twice a day, 20 minutes each time, and prickly heat will disappear after a few days.

2. Use Huoxiang Zhengqi water to scrub

Huoxiang Zhengqi Water is a commonly used medicine for relieving summer heat and colds. It has the effects of dispelling dampness, regulating qi and stomach. It is effective in treating prickly heat. Take 1 bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water and dilute it with cold boiled water or physiological saline in proportion. Wash and dry the affected area with warm water before using the medicine, then wipe the affected area with sterile cotton wool, 2-3 times a day.

3. Take a bath with Shuanghua bath gel

Double Flower Bath Liquid refers to a Chinese herbal liquid made from honeysuckle and wild chrysanthemum. Both flowers have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. First, take 30 grams of honeysuckle and wild chrysanthemum, boil them in water and set aside. The ratio of honeysuckle and wild chrysanthemum to bath water is as mentioned above. Generally, it takes 5 to 10 minutes to soak. After bathing, you will feel very cool and can also prevent and treat prickly heat.

4. Apply Liushen Pills with white wine

Many parents give their children Liushen Pills to prevent and treat prickly heat in the summer. In fact, external treatment is safer because many Liushen Pills are composed of Chinese medicines such as bezoar and toads. Toads are poisonous. Improper use of toads by infants and young children may cause poisoning symptoms. How to prevent and treat prickly heat externally? Take 20 Liushen Pills and dissolve them in 3 ml of 46-degree liquor. Parents can use clean fingers to apply to the areas where the baby has prickly heat. This method is generally used for more serious prickly heat. It is recommended to use it under the guidance of a Chinese medicine doctor for the first time.

5. Dilute ten drops of water with warm water and apply

Babies and young children have delicate skin, so it is not advisable to apply Ten Drops directly to the skin. First, use warm water to clean the sweat and secreted oil on the affected skin, then squeeze out a few drops of Ten Drops, dilute Ten Drops with warm water in a ratio of 1:10, and apply to the affected area. Let it dry naturally. The number of times you apply it every day can be increased or decreased depending on the number of prickly heat. Prevent infection from scratching with fingernails. It is better to apply it with a cotton swab. It is recommended to use it under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner for the first use.

6. Boil water with horsetail to treat prickly heat

Take an appropriate amount of horsetooth wormwood, boil water, and use it to clean the prickly heat, once in the morning and once in the evening. After the second wipe, the prickly heat begins to subside, and after the third wipe, the prickly heat disappears. Horsetooth wormwood, leaves are flat and oval, with purple stems, and can be found on roadsides and grasslands.