Home remedies for skin allergies, such as taking a bath with Epsom salts, applying a peppermint essential oil compress or washing the skin with plantain tea, for example, help to soothe and hydrate the skin, reducing symptoms of itching, redness, irritation or swelling.
Skin allergy is an inflammatory reaction that can appear in different regions of the body, such as the neck, legs, hands, belly, mouth, armpits or back. It may be related to several factors such as insect bites, dry skin or even allergies to clothing fabric. Learn how to identify skin allergies.
Home remedies for skin allergies should only be used when the skin is free of wounds and after washing and drying the area. If the symptoms do not completely disappear after 1 or 2 days or if they worsen, it is recommended to consult a dermatologist to identify the cause of the allergy and begin appropriate treatment.
Some home remedy options for skin allergies are:
1. Baking soda and coconut oil paste
The baking soda and coconut oil paste helps balance the skin’s pH and has anti-inflammatory and moisturizing action, helping to alleviate allergy symptoms such as skin irritation, itching, redness or swelling.
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons of sodium bicarbonate;
- 12 tablespoons of coconut oil.
Preparation mode
In a clean, dry container, mix the ingredients until a paste forms. Place the baking soda and coconut oil paste on a cotton pad or gauze, and gently apply it to the allergic skin area and leave it to act for 10 minutes. Then rinse gently in cold water.
If you don’t have coconut oil to prepare the paste, you can replace it with 12 tablespoons of water.
2. Pansy compress
Perfect love, known scientifically as Viola tricolorhas anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-allergic properties, being a great home remedy option when used in the form of a compress for topical use prepared from the infusion of this medicinal plant to help reduce skin allergy symptoms such as redness, itching or swelling.
Furthermore, due to its properties, pansy compress can also be used to help treat psoriasis or eczema.
Ingredients:
- 20 to 30 grams of fresh or dried pansy flowers;
- 500 mL of boiling water.
Preparation mode:
Add the pansy flowers to the boiling water and let it rest for about 15 minutes. Wait for it to cool, strain, dip a gauze pad in the pansy infusion and apply it to the allergic skin area twice a day.
3. Chamomile compress
Chamomile is a medicinal plant that has substances in its composition, such as azulene, bisabolol and farnesene, with anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic action, making it a good option for a home remedy for skin allergies, which can be used in the form of a compress, helping to relieve symptoms of redness, swelling or itching.
Ingredients:
- 20 to 30 g of fresh or dried chamomile flowers;
- 500 mL of boiling water.
Preparation mode:
Add fresh or dried chamomile flowers to boiling water and leave for 15 minutes. Then strain, wet gauze, cotton or cloth and wipe the area of allergic skin at least twice a day.
4. Peppermint essential oil
Peppermint essential oil is rich in menthol and menthone, with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties that help combat itching or redness caused by skin allergies.
Ingredients:
Preparation mode
Add the drops of peppermint essential oil to the glass of water and mix. Then, soak a cotton pad or gauze in the solution and place it on the allergic skin area, at least twice a day.
5. Epsom salt bath
Epsom salts are rich in magnesium sulfate which is easily absorbed by the skin, improving the skin’s protective barrier, increasing moisture and reducing swelling and inflammation caused by skin allergies.
This bath soak is very easy to prepare and allows you to quickly relieve swelling and redness, as well as relax.
Ingredients:
- 1 glass of Epsom salts;
- 1 liter of water.
Preparation mode:
Place the Epsom salts in a container with warm water, stir until the salts are well diluted. Add this solution to the bath water and soak for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Then, rinse your body, dry and apply moisturizer to your skin. This process can be done up to 3 times a week.
6. Rose and aloe tonic
The rose and aloe toner helps to soothe the skin because it has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and healing properties, which help to alleviate skin allergy symptoms such as itching or irritation, in addition to healing wounds and hydrating the skin.
Ingredients:
- Fresh red rose petals;
- Fresh aloe leaf transparent gel.
Preparation mode:
Cut an aloe leaf, wash it and remove the gel inside the leaf. Wash fresh red rose petals. Put everything in a blender and blend, or use a mixer. Strain and store in a clean, dry glass jar. Place a little of the tonic on clean cotton or gauze and apply to the allergic skin area once a day.
When preparing this tonic, it is important not to use the bark of the aloe leaf, which has toxic effects, but only the transparent gel inside the leaf.
7. Calendula Infusion Poultice
Calendula, known scientifically as Calendula officinalishas anti-inflammatory properties and is a great home remedy option when used in the form of a poultice for topical use, prepared from the infusion of this plant, and helps reduce inflammation and reduce itching caused by skin allergies.
Ingredients:
- 1 to 2 teaspoons of calendula flowers;
- 150 mL of boiling water.
Preparation mode:
Place the marigold flowers in boiling water and let it rest for 5 minutes. Wait for it to warm, strain and soak a clean, dry compress in the calendula infusion, such as gauze or cotton, for example. Apply the compress to the area of allergic skin, 3 times a day, leaving it to act for 30 minutes.
8. Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar has anti-inflammatory and alkalizing properties, making it another good option for a home remedy for skin allergies, as it helps relieve redness, swelling and itching and can be applied directly to the skin.
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar;
- 1 glass of water.
Preparation mode:
Add apple cider vinegar to the glass of water and mix. Place a little of this solution on a piece of cotton or gauze and apply it to the area of allergic skin. Leave to act for 5 to 20 seconds, wash the skin, dry and apply a moisturizing cream for daily use.
Apple cider vinegar can be made at home with natural ingredients or purchased in supermarkets. Learn how to make apple cider vinegar at home.
9. Plantain tea
Plantain tea has natural anti-allergic properties that help combat itching and redness of the skin caused by allergies.
Furthermore, plantain also has properties that reduce skin irritation and, therefore, can be used after prolonged sun exposure or sunburn, for example.
Ingredients:
- 30 g of plantain leaves;
- 1 liter of in a liter of boiling water.
Preparation mode:
Add plantain leaves to boiling water. Cover, let cool, strain and wash the area of skin with allergies 2 to 3 times a day.
