Herbs, flowers and leaves to treat summer skin diseases

The hot summer sun is the cause of skin diseases such as rashes, prickly heat, pimples, impetigo... Below are suggestions on how to treat these skin diseases with herbs, flowers and leaves.

Cure prickly heat in children: crush gotu kola and mix with water to bathe the child.

Treat rashes and pimples: take 50g of each of the leaves of the ivy plant and the leaves of the mulberry tree, crush them, mix with vinegar and apply twice a day.

Treating rashes: use 100 - 200g of three-leaf cistanche, boil with 4 - 5 liters of water to make a bath, and rub the residue thoroughly on the rash. Usually only use 1 - 2 times to get results (Medicinal plants and herbs of Vietnam).

Treat boils: 30g each of chrysanthemum and dandelion; 20g of rehmannia glutinosa; 6g of honeysuckle. Boil and drink on an empty stomach, one dose per day divided into 3 times, drink for 3 consecutive days.

Cure unbroken boils: 10g marigold leaves, 15g Chinese apple leaves, 10 grains of salt. Wash, crush, apply to painful area. Change once a day.

To treat newly developed boils: use crushed black alum leaves and water fern leaves and apply to the boil, once a day.

Cure ulcers and boils: take apple leaves (adequate amount), wash, crush, add a few grains of salt and apply on the boils.

Treat heat rash and itching: use 40g of star fruit bark, scrape off the outer layer, boil to get water to drink, and rub roasted star fruit leaves on the itchy area.

Cure pimples: Take equal amounts of lychee and apricot segments, crush them into a paste and apply to the pimples. Or take 5-7 crushed lychee segments, mix with sticky rice paste, spread on paper to create a paste and apply to the pimples.

Treating boils, allergies, and itching: 10g honeysuckle flower, 4g horsetail, 200ml water. Boil down to 100ml, divide into 2 doses to drink during the day (Vietnamese medicinal herbs).

Treat acne, itching: honeysuckle 6g, licorice 3g, water 200ml. Boil down to 100ml, divide into 23 doses to drink during the day (Medicinal Plant Resources of Vietnam).

Treat allergies, pimples, itching: honeysuckle 6g (flowers) or 12g (leaves and branches), 100ml water, boil down to 10ml, add 4g sugar. Put in a sealed tube, sterilize by steaming to preserve. If using immediately, there is no need to close the tube, just boil, keep boiling for 15 minutes to 1/2 hour and drink. Adults take 24 doses above, children take 12 doses (Medicinal Plant Resources of Vietnam).

Cure boils: 30g of gotu kola, 15g of honeysuckle leaves, 10g of Smilax glabra, 20g of dandelion. Boil and drink one dose per day.

Treat acne, sores, eczema: 30g of Indian pennywort, 15g of honeysuckle leaves, 10g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of Chinese horsetail, 16g of licorice. Boil and drink one dose per day. Crush Indian pennywort and apply on acne, sores, and eczema is also very good.

Treating impetigo in children: choose one of the following methods:

- 8 dried soapberries, 1 fresh ginger root (7g), 25g old green tea leaves, boil to get concentrated water to wash the child's hair. Then, use 3 dried soapberries, 10g fresh turmeric, roast until crispy, crush and sprinkle on the impetigo area. You can also crush coriander seeds and mix with sesame oil to apply. Do this once a day for 7 days.

- Dandelion 15g, gotu kola 25g, honeysuckle 15g, dried coriander 10g, perilla flower 10g. Boil with 500ml of water until 150ml remains, drink instead of water daily. Use for 5 - 7 days. In case the child is still breastfeeding, let both mother and child drink.

- 30g green onion, wash and crush, mix with a little honey (or molasses) into a paste and apply on the impetigo area for 10 - 15 minutes. Apply twice a day. After 2 applications, use water boiled from betel leaves to wash clean. Use continuously for 5 days.

- Soapberry, honeysuckle, pennywort… are effective remedies for impetigo. Note: when applying to the impetigo area, wrap it with a towel (or bandage) to avoid the medicine from running into the eyes, which can easily cause burns. Do not apply this remedy to children under 12 months of age.

- 100g fresh gotu kola, wash clean, boil water to wash hair, bathe children daily. Use for 5 days, impetigo will be cured. Or use 100g fresh peach leaves, boil water to wash hair, then crush bitter melon and apply to the affected head area. Do this for 5 - 7 days.

- 100g fresh perilla leaves, wash clean, crush and squeeze the juice to wash your child's hair every day. Or 50g fresh perilla leaves, fresh gotu kola each, wash clean, boil to get the juice, let it cool and wash your child's hair and bathe daily. Use for 3 - 5 days.

According to Health and Life