Chicken Pox is an acute contagious disease. It principally afflicts children and is caused by the varicella virus. It is characterized by a superficial eruption of transparent macular vesicles which appear in successive crops on different parts of the body.
Treatment for Chicken Pox using Water
- Fever sponge bath or continuous cold compress to the head for fever.
- Warm shower or warm sponge bath daily. Do not rub the lesions.
- Give plenty of fruit juices and water to patient during waking hours.
Note: Isolate the patient in a room, if possible, to prevent the spread of the disease to other members of the family.
Herbal Remedies
- Balimbing leaves ( scientific name: Auerrhoa carambola L. ) ( for ichiness)
- Crush or chop young leaves and extract the juice. Apply the juice on the skin or lesions 3 times a day, to relieve itchiness. Don’t rub juice on the skin.
- Lagundi leaves ( english: Five leaved Chaste tree ) ( for fever )
- Boil 4 tablespoons of chopped dry leaves or 6 tablespoons of chopped fresh leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15 minutes.
- Dosage:
Adults: 1 cup every 4 hours.
Children: (babies) 1 tablespoon, every 4 hours(2 – 6 yrs.) 1/4 cup, every 4 hours
(7-12 yrs.) 1/2 cup, every 4 hours
- Dosage:
- Boil 4 tablespoons of chopped dry leaves or 6 tablespoons of chopped fresh leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15 minutes.
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