Homeopathic remedy for nappy rash

What is Homeopathy?

Homeopathy is very good alternative therapy for all possible disorders. Homeopathic remedies have no side effects, and are very safe to use. Usual principle of using homeopathic remedies is to choose one or several recommended remedies for your health problem, start slowly, and see how it works. If results are not shown after reasonable period of time, switch to another remedy and start again. In some cases results are not shown overnight, it take sometimes a couple of weeks for them to show, depending of your disorder.

Homeopathy is treating individual as a whole, and trying to fix the cause of the illness or disorder, not just the symptoms of it. Homeopathic remedies are a highly diluted substance which helps and triggers the natural system of healing in your body. Homeopathy is developed by German doctor Samuel Hahnemann in 1796, and it’s been used since then.

Homeopathic remedies are excellent choice for babies and young children, because they are without unwanted side effects and safe to use, and they come in the form of mildly sweet pills, liquids or powders that are easy to take and carry with you in your first aid kit. Most of homeopathic remedies we will recommend for use in cases of nappy rash can be bought in most pharmacies or health shops, but it would be best for you to consult your child’s doctor or homeopathic expert for recommendations about instructions of which homeopathic remedy to choose for your baby or a child, how to use it and dosage.

Homeopathic Remedies for Nappy Rash

First, a couple of advices. In cases that your baby is of a need of any of the homeopathic remedies that we recommend, you should crush the pills in half, and dissolve them in 2oz of warm water, and then taking a full teaspoon of that solution as a full dose. In cases of young children, tablets should be crushed first, and then given to them. In cases of Chamomile, it is available in the form of drops.

Nappy rush is usually caused by reaction between ammonia from faces or urine and the skin. In those cases genitals, buttocks or tights may become infected, weepy, spotty, or sore. You can use Calendula ointment to apply it directly to the skin. Usage of homeopathic remedies should be stopped as soon as symptoms improve.

In cases of itchy skin or little blisters, you can use Rhus tox. Mercurius is recommended in cases when baby produces more saliva then usual, and Sulphur is given in cases of red and dry rush between genitals or buttocks. Yeast is homeopathic remedy used for food allergies, when symptoms are little raised red bumps around mouth.