Warm til oil, massaged into the affected part with the palm and left for twenty minutes before a warm bath.
Traditional
घी · Ghee
Warm ghee pressed into the patch after a bath, while the skin is still damp — that is what traps the water in. Also a teaspoon in food.
Traditional
नारियल · Coconut
Fresh grated coconut, two tablespoons with the morning meal — cooling and easy on an irritated gut.
Traditional
हल्दी · Turmeric
Half a teaspoon in warm milk. On the skin only where it is not cracked or weeping — on broken eczema haldi stings and can carry infection in.
Traditional
CautionThe amount used in cooking is safe. In tablet or extract form it does not go with blood-thinning medicines. Avoid larger amounts if you have gallstones. Stop before surgery.
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Never scratch; cool wet compress for relief. Mud pack draws out heat.
Bhojanveda
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