Herbal Treatment for Chicken Pox

15 July, 2009 No Comment

Usually attacking young children of about 3 or 4 years of age, chicken pox is an extremely infectious viral disease. Although adults may be less prone to getting this disease, when they do, it is often in a much more virulent form.

Carried in the air by the cough or sneeze of the sick person or even by direct exposure to the patient, the general symptoms of the ailment include feeling weak, appetite loss, a rash, mild headache and low fever. A peculiarity of the disease is that its common symptoms do not appear until it has reached the contagious stage.

In spite of vaccinations having reduced the frequency of this illness, it has not disappeared altogether. A virus named varicella-zoster is the normal cause of this sickness, and while it cannot be arrested but has to run its course, the associated discomfort which is a result of the itching and irritation can be reduced with some useful home remedies.

Remedial Treatment at Home for Chicken Pox

An effective method is to pour in half a cup of brown vinegar into luke warm bath water, which combats the irritation and heals the lesions. A teaspoon of hazel leaves steeped in a cupful of water together with two tablespoons of marigold flowers should be ground into a paste and put on the rash to relieve itching. Boil a panful of water with some green peas in it. Strain and make application of the water on the rash areas for relief from itching and irritation.

Sandalwood oil applied on the rash spots from the inception of the sickness till its end is helpful in preventing scars from remaining to blemish the skin. Honey has healing qualities and could be applied on the rash spots not only for cure but to diminish the irritation. Two cups of ground and powdered oatmeal added to bathwater, and for even better results combined with half a cup quantity of baking soda is useful to heal the lesions.

A soup made of about a 100 grams of carrot finely chopped together with 60 grams of fresh coriander should be strained, cooled and consumed every day for the treatment of this sickness.

A bundle of neem leaves immersed in the bathwater is soothing for the irritation while also having a healing effect. Vitamin E applied to the rash spots is a way of relieving the itching and preventing too much scarring.