Urticaria can be caused by various factors, such as stress, and is manifested by reddened wheals appearing on the skin giving an intense itching : let's see how to alleviate the symptoms of this annoying skin irritation.
Soothing itching baths
Urticaria may appear in various parts of the body and cause intense itching in areas where the wheals occur.
To find relief from the discomfort caused by urticaria, baths based on oats or rice starch, natural and very soothing substances, may be useful.
For this purpose you can choose a natural oat-based bubble bath to use in the bathtub or add a few tablespoons of rice or oat starch to the hot water of the tub. Stay immersed for at least twenty / thirty minutes to get the maximum benefits.
Has the whole body never felt itchy? Find out the causes and remedies
Soothing gel against hives
To soothe irritation and calm the itching due to hives, the most effective remedy is certainly the gel based on aloe vera and lavender essential oil.
To prepare it, simply mix a few drops of lavender essential oil with the aloe gel; it is also possible to add mint essential oil, with a refreshing action.
The ingredients can be mixed on the spot in the palm of your hand, adding 2 or 3 drops of essential oil to each spoon of aloe gel, or you can prepare a little product to keep and always have on hand.
Both aloe gel and essential oils are readily available in herbal medicine .
Ingredients
> 100 grams of Aloe vera gel
> 50 drops of lavender essential oil
> 10 drops of essential mint oil
Procedure and use
This natural remedy against hives is prepared by simply mixing the essential oils with the aloe gel: empty the contents of the aloe gel container into a clean bowl, add the essential oils, stirring gently and pour the gel back into the original container, helping you with a funnel.
If it is not possible to reuse the gel container, pour the product into a clean and dry jar . Store the gel at room temperature with reference to the expiration date printed on the aloe vera gel package.
You can apply the soothing gel to the areas to be treated even several times a day: it will have a moisturizing, calming and refreshing action .
Other remedies against urticaria
In addition to alleviating the symptoms of urticaria, it is useful to work on the source of the problem to prevent the outbreaks from continually recurring.
Surely following a healthy and correct lifestyle is of great help to fight hives : in addition to taking care of nutrition, it is necessary to analyze one's habits and try to correct any incorrect behavior or stressful situations that may affect rest, activity working, too sedentary lifestyle .
It may be useful to keep a diary to understand in which situations the hives are manifested and which are the incorrect habits that trigger it, so as to be able to correct them and solve the problem.
