Dermatitis – treatment with folk remedies. Dermatitis is an inflammatory process of the skin that occurs as a result of direct exposure to various environmental agents: mechanical, physical factors, chemicals of plant and animal origin, and allergic irritants. In any case of dermatitis, when thinking about treatment, you must first take into account the traumatic irritant and only then take on therapeutic measures.

Allergic dermatosis (dermatitis) is the general name for inflammatory skin diseases that occur when the immune system does not adequately respond to various factors. The main forms of allergic dermatoses are allergic contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis.

Allergic contact dermatitis occurs only after direct skin contact with an allergen to which a person is sensitive. These can be metals in the composition of jewelry, dyes for hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, substances used in dentistry, components of varnishes, etc. Also, contact dermatitis can be caused by washing powders and other detergents, synthetic fabrics, perfumes.

Interestingly, even squeezing a coin in your hand can cause a skin reaction. For example, there were cases when a skin rash appeared from banknotes in denominations of one or two euros. The allergy in this case was caused by the presence of nickel in these coins. This metal often provokes allergies. As a rule, changes on the skin appear 2-3 days after contact with the allergen, and first of all they are observed precisely at the point of contact (for example, a strip of reddened skin with clear outlines under the watch strap indicates contact dermatitis), but over time they can spread over wider areas. In this case, they can also affect the general well-being of a person (body temperature rises, weakness appears).

Contact dermatitis is manifested by severe swelling, redness of the skin and fluid-filled vesicles of various sizes. If these bubbles burst, in their place shallow skin defects are formed – erosion, on the surface of which fluid is constantly released. Then the inflammation gradually disappears, weeping erosions disappear, on crusts or scales remain in their place. Such violations heal, as a rule, without scars.

Atopic dermatitis is caused by hereditary predisposition to allergic diseases. Its development is promoted by stress, endocrine pathology, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, chronic infectious and other diseases that weaken the immune system.
Skin lesions in this disease can occur not only through direct contact with the allergen. Atopic dermatitis can be caused by food, pollen, animal dander, and household chemicals. Symptoms of the disease are severely itchy and flaky bright red spots on the face, hands, etc. Start treating dermatitis by identifying allergens and eliminating them. Also treat comorbidities.

How to cure contact dermatitis?
Find out the allergen and eliminate its effect. Allergological skin tests can be done to confirm the guesswork about the cause of contact dermatitis.
Apply ointments to quickly relieve symptoms. But do not forget that no matter how good the external remedy is, it only relieves the signs of the disease that have already appeared, without eliminating the causes of the allergic process.
In everyday life, be careful and moderately careful.
Choose household chemicals and cosmetics with the simplest composition. The fewer components, the lower the risk of allergies.
Folk remedies for the treatment of dermatitis
Birch (buds). In inflammatory processes of the skin, with itching, eczema, irritation, a decoction of birch buds is used. To prepare it, brew 1 glass of kidneys with a glass of boiling water and boil for 15-20 minutes. Strain after cooling. Wipe the skin daily.
Grape. Infusions and decoctions of grape leaves are used externally in Tibetan folk medicine for skin diseases.
Oak (bark). A decoction of oak bark is used for washing and compresses for skin diseases.
St. John’s wort (juice). From St. John’s wort juice, stripped down by half, prepare an ointment in butter in a ratio of 1:4. Keep refrigerated. Use as a disinfectant for skin diseases.
St. John’s wort (color, leaf). Grind 20-25 g of fresh flowers and leaves of St. John’s wort and pour 200-250 g of olive, sunflower or linseed oil. Infuse for 2 weeks in a warm place, stirring often, then strain. Store in a dark bottle. Apply to lubricate the affected areas of the skin.
Blooming Sally. 10 g of dry leaves of Ivan-tea narrow-leaved brew a glass of boiling water and boil for 15 minutes. Use as a lotion for acute dermatitis.

Potato. Grated raw potatoes are applied to the affected areas of the skin in the treatment of dermatitis, purulent eczema, burns, purulent wounds.
Cranberry (juice). Mix 50 ml of fresh cranberry juice with 200 g of petroleum jelly, grind thoroughly. Apply externally as an ointment for skin itching, sweating, purulent foci of inflammation.
The nettle is deaf. 4-5 teaspoons of crushed nettle flowers pour a glass of boiling water, insist. The infusion is taken orally, and the filtered mass is used in the form of compresses for dermatitis.
Burnet. 2 tablespoons of rhizomes and roots of burnet, pour 200 ml of hot water, boil over low heat for 30 minutes, cool, strain and squeeze. Take 1 tablespoon 5-6 times after meals for skin inflammation.
Meadowsweet vyazolistny (root). Mix the powder of the meadowsweet root with butter in a ratio of 1:2 (by volume). It is used to lubricate the affected areas with inflammatory dermatoses.
Honey with Kalanchoe. To soothe itching, mix equal proportions of Kalanchoe juice and bee honey. Steep this mixture for 7 days, then add the same amount of aloe juice and infuse for another 7 days. Use the resulting mass to lubricate the affected skin.
Dandelion. A tablespoon of dandelion leaves brew 2 cups boiling water, insist. Drink 1/2 cup 4 times a day. Recommended for skin diseases.
Plantain and yarrow. Leaves of yarrow and plantain large – equally. Rinse thoroughly, grind, mix, wrap in gauze and apply to the sore spot. The mixture has a hemostatic, antiseptic effect. Apply for inflammation or skin irritation.
Plantain. If scuffs and cracks appear on the legs, baths from plantain infusion are recommended (2 tablespoons of chopped grass per 1 liter of water). Keep your feet in the bath for 15-20 minutes.
Chamomile and linden (color). A mixture of chamomile flowers and lime blossom 4 tablespoons pour 1 liter of boiling water, boil over low heat for 15-20 minutes. Infuse for 3-4 hours, strain, pour the broth into bath. Bath temperature 36-37°C. Apply for skin irritation.
Celery (root). Cut the celery roots, pour cold water and leave for 2 hours. Drink 200 ml per day for dermatitis. Apply fresh chopped celery leaves or celery ointment externally.
Celery (root). Grate the celery root (can be passed through a meat grinder) and squeeze it. Drink 1-2 teaspoons 2-3 times a day half an hour before meals for dermatitis.
Currant black. A tablespoon of chopped black currant leaves brew 400 ml of boiling water, leave for 6 hours and strain. Drink 1/2 cup 4 times a day. Apply for skin diseases, general malaise.
Pine (buds). 500 g of pine buds boil for 30 minutes in 5 liters of water. Add a decoction to the bath for skin diseases.
Japanese Sophora. Prepare a tincture of mature Japanese Sophora seeds at the rate of 2 tablespoons of crushed seeds per 0.5 liter of vodka. Infuse for 10 days in a dark place, shaking occasionally. Rub the areas of the skin affected by radiation dermatitis with tincture 2 times a day.
The steel is prickly. Pour a teaspoon of leaves and flowers of prickly harrow with a glass of boiling water and insist until cool. Take a glass a day in small portions for rashes on the body and boils.
Thyme ordinary. Based on common thyme, prepare and apply ointments for skin diseases as a strong antiseptic. One part dry thyme powder to 5 parts oil base; or 1 part tincture (10 g of herb per 100 ml of alcohol) to 4 parts of the base; or condensed broth (15 g of grass per glass of boiling water, boiled down to half) into 4 parts of the base. The decoction can also be used as a poultice.
Yarrow. 2 tablespoons of yarrow herb pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, strain. Drink 0.5 cup 4 times a day before meals. Apply to treat skin diseases.
Healing ointment. When the skin becomes inflamed for some reason and begins to peel off, prepare a healing ointment: mix 1 dessert spoon of fresh milk with 1 dessert spoon of glycerin, add a little rice starch, and mix thoroughly to form a thin slurry. In the evening, anoint flaky skin with this ointment. In the morning, wash it off with warm water, and if there is a lime color, then it is best to wash off the ointment with an infusion of lime decoction.
Rosehip (oil). Oil is obtained from rosehip seeds for lubrication of nipple cracks, trophic ulcers and bedsores, with radiation damage to the skin. When dermatitis is prescribed externally and internally, 1 teaspoon.
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