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5 Best Natural Cures For Molluscum Contagiosum

 

5 Best Natural Cures For Molluscum Contagiosum

A disease caused by transmittable viral skin contagion is called Molluscum contagiosum. It is found most commonly in children, individuals having poor immune system. It can also be found in those adults who are sexually active.

Molluscum contagiosum looks as pink bumps or smooth, scattered, small tan; sometimes, people think these as lesions or small warts. This condition becomes clear by itself; otherwise, home remedies are best suitable to treat them. The fundamental thing to cure molluscum is to remove the contagious virus from the infected skin.

5 Natural Cures For Molluscum Contagiosum

1. Sea Salt Scrubbing

Using a sea salt scrubbing is a good thing that helps in getting rid of lesions. Take sea salt of about 2 cups, olive oil of about a half cup, grape seed oil of ¼ cup, honey of about 1 tsp and 2 drops of essential oil of tea tree.

Mix them all together thoroughly and store the solution thus made in a glass jar. It lasts for months. While taking shower gently rub the lesions using the solution. After rubbing gently leave the skin for a few minutes and then clean it with water. Then clean the skin with a towel to dry the skin.

Sea Salt Scrubbing

2. Exfoliation Of Dead Skin

Exfoliating the dead cells of a skin can help to cure lesions soon. A homemade exfoliation solution can be made by baking soda and water. A paste of this is made by mixing baking soda of about a half cup with a required amount of water. This can also be used during a shower. Rub the paste over the lesions, use water to rinse it and clean it with a towel. A gradual decrease in the pink bumps can be seen by using this method daily.

Exfoliation Of Dead Skin

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3. Duct Tape

Duct tape is one of the common methods for the treatment of skin bumps and warts. Duct tape helps in removing the dead cells of the skin gradually. Thereby it takes out the virus in warts. Thus, duct tape is a simple method to use in curing of lesions and warts. Place a duct tape over the pink bumps before going to sleep and remove it in the morning. Repeat the same process till the bumps get disappeared.

4. Essential Oil Of Tea Tree

Essential oil made from the tea tree is a dominant astringent in reducing the lesions’ growth. This essential oil is available in all most all organic stores. The essential oil can be used to treat the lesions in two ways; applying this oil directly to the infected skin or by mixing it with the bath water and leaving it for 15-20 minutes to soak and take a bath in it. Daily following any of the two methods results in a gradual decrease in the growth of lesions.

Tea Tree

5. Use Of Povidone Iodine

Applying of povidone-iodine scrub onto the infected skin for 5 minutes daily gives a better cure for warts. Its vigorous reaction with the infected skin helps in removal of the virus present in the lesions. However, it should not be applied directly to the open infections or broken skin since it is highly reactive. Exact usage of povidone-iodine results in quicker treatment for molluscum.

 

Povidone Iodine

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