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Natural Sunburn RemedyNatural Sunburn Remedy Sunburn is very painful and best avoided if you possibly can. However, sometimes accidents happen and you end up burned despite the precautions you took. The problem once you're sunburned, is the pain and stinging from your skin - the burning sensation when you think you could probably fry an egg on it!! First, run a cool bath - make it tepid, hot water will sting like mad and do you no good at all. You may also be suffering with a mild heatstroke and a hot, steamy room might make you dizzy and fell very ill. Then fill a small bag or even a sock with porridge oats/oatmeal - tie the top as you don't want to have to pick porridge oats off your skin :-) Squeeze water through the sock so that it mixes into the water then leave the sock in the bath so that the 'juice' mixes in with the water. Oatmeal will soothe your skin and trap the moisture, so have a short soak and pour the water over you sunburnt bits - back, shoulder etc. Then pat your skin dry very carefully with a soft towel - alternatively, 'air dry' so as not to break any blisters that may be forming. If you have blisters, then you can use a solution of 1 pint cold water to 30ml vinegar. Soak a flannel in it and wring it out, gently apply to the burned skin for about 10 minutes. Do be very careful here - to be on the safe side, boil the water you're going to use, then allow it to cook - that way, it will be sterile. The vinegar is an astringent which will draw fluid from the blister, speeding up the healing process and acting as an antiseptic at the same time. If you want to, you could take some inbuprofen which will reduce the chemical produced by the sunburn and offer some pain relief. For an explanation of gardening terms that you might not understand, please check out the Growers Dictionary section. I found that I was either skimping on explanations or giving too much information on the individual pages so I have posted all relevant terms in one section - if there's anything you need to know, please drop me an email.
Natural Sunburn Remedy - to Herbal Remedies Index
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