Home remedies for chickenpox
The chicken pox is a viral infection, very common and highly contagious. Newborns and adults may experience more severe symptoms, but usually appears fever, fatigue, itchy rash and loss of appetite.
This virus is transmitted by air, by coughing, sneezing, or through physical contact with a sick person, a couple of days later, grains are similar to blisters that later turn into scabs.
During this period, the itching can be very annoying, but avoid scratching to prevent infection and scars. Then you can see some of the most widely used remedies.
Vitamin E:
The vitamins E softgels are highly recommended to apply directly to skin, just simply open them and apply on the skin, help cure it, by its antioxidant effects.
Neem tree:
The decoction of the plant neem tree taken internally and applied in the bath water is one of the most used home remedies to apply when there is chicken pox.
Against skin irritation and itching:
To relieve itching and soothe irritation, you can make any of the following remedies:
- ● Add ginger to your bath water.
- ● Apply to the skin the water to cook beans, it helps to relieve irritation and itching, and heal wounds.
- ● Brown malt vinegar, you can add 1/2 cup warm water bath. It helps calm the itching and heal the scars.
- ● Add bicarbonate sodium in a little water, stir and apply in the affected skin, let dry, so that the skin what absorbed. It is a very popular remedy to relieve itching.
Homeopathic remedies:
Some of the remedies homeopathic are: antimonium crudum, antimony tartaricum, pulsatilla, rhus toxicodendron and sulphur.
Herbs:
Some of these herbs can prepare the tea:St. John’swort, echinacea, goldenseal, ginger and burdock root.
