Anyone know of a good home remedy for heat rash? nt

[raccoon]

[HappyMe]

1. My mom used to call this

prickly heat.

She used talcum powder. I don't remember what kind though.

[femmocrat]

6. Gold Bond is great.

I used to use Desitin on the kids, but don't know if it's still available.

[HappyMe]

8. Gold Bond may have been what she used.

I remember it had a slight medicinal smell. I never thought of Desitin! I'll bet that would work really well.

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. I second Gold Bond.

[MicaelS]

15. I third Gold Bond...

Might hurt a bit when you first apply it, but it does work.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. keep the skin dry and cool

air drying is best. hydrocortisone or calamine for the itching if necessary, but nothing is better if you can stand it. definitely no oil based products, they plug up the sweat glands.

here's a few more
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-home-remedies-for-heat-rash.htm

[HappyMe]

4. lol!

Great minds......or, in my case, okay mind.

[HappyMe]

3. Here ya go --

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-home-remedies-for-heat-rash.htm

[emilyg]

12. Thanks for link.

[ret5hd]

5. corn starch

[Lars39]

7. Corn starch has sugar in it, which might make things worse.

Found out the hard way.

[HopeHoops]

9. Aloe. We grow them all over the place. Any kind of rash will benefit from it.

All you need to do is snap off a stem and squeeze the pulp out. I got stung by a bee in '83 when I picked up my soda can that I'd left outside the garden center. It got me right on the lip. I took off for the back of the store and grabbed a small clip from one of the aloes. It worked. Rashes respond to it as well, as do shingles (not a rash, mind you). I don't know of anything better and they grow like weeds.

[BrendaBrick]

21. I second the Aloe suggestion. n/t

[RobinA]

10. I Have Found

that diligence with medicated powder works. And keeping it dry, which isn't easy, of course, because if you weren't sweating you wouldn't have it in the first place.

[hedgehog]

11. Caldesene Powder is what we swear by

[NJCher]

13. cotton

I hate to recommend it because it's so environmentally unsound, but wear 100% cotton for all your clothes and undies and you will notice a real difference. Another thing, too, is to stop whenever getting overheated and either sit under a fan or change clothes.


Cher

[tru]

17. organic cotton exists n/t

[Major Nikon]

16. There's not many things Blue Star Ointment can't fix

[grasswire]

18. mayo clinic says calamine lotion and cool compresses....

.....and no ointment of any kind.

[HeiressofBickworth]

19. I've always been sensitive to heat

I've found a cool oatmeal bath followed by a medicated powder (like Gold Bond) works well for me. Loose fitting clothing is a must.

[Robyn66]

20. Baking soda

bakingsoda made in to a paste with water is what my mother did when I was little. She also used corn starch when I was little but that was in the 70's so corn starch didnt have sugar in it as far as I know.