Hives are hot and itchy and can make you want to hide. First, try to figure out the cause of the hives. Are you very stressed? Are you using a new lotion, bubble bath, makeup, or detergent? Are you eating a food you’re allergic to? If possible, change whatever you suspect may be a cause. Next, try these remedies.
HERBS FOR HEALING HIVES
Drink two to three cups of either a single herb or a combination of the following: calendula, chamomile, dandelion leaf and root, nettles, plantain, and red clover tea to help the body’s normal channels of elimination such as the kidneys, liver, and lymph. Natural food stores carry pre-made detoxifying herbal tea blends.
Soak in the bathtub with a couple of handfuls of oatmeal tied into a washcloth. Pat the soothing oatmeal mucilage that exudes from the cloth on the skin. Or bathe with a pound (455 g) of alkalinizing baking soda.
After you dry off, apply cooling and soothing aloe vera juice or cooled chamomile tea with clean fingers or a soft cloth as an anti-inflammatory agent to the affected area.
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Avoid spicy foods like ginger and cayenne, as they tend to bring toxins to the surface of the skin by powerfully increasing circulation. Foods likely to cause rashes, as they are common allergens, include citrus fruit, strawberries, mangoes, tomatoes, shellfish, nuts, and chocolate.
COOLING PRACTICES FOR HEALING HIVES
Eat a bland diet including alkalinizing celery, cucumbers, and kale and other green leafy vegetables. Wear cooling blue rather than red or orange.
This Herbs For Healing Hives article is taken from :
The Country Almanac of Home Remedies - Brigitte Mars
