Water Treatments and Herbal Medications for Dermatitis and Skin Eruptions

What is Dermatitis?

Dermatitis is the inflammation of the skin.

Water Treatments

1. Starch bath, once a day.
2. Use dry starch or gawgaw as powder if skin is itchy and dry af nights.
3. Do not use soap when bathing; take starch bath instead. Don’t rub skin with towel to dry skin.
4. Don’t scratch skin when itchy.

Herbal Medications

1. Comfrey leaves

• Crush leaves and extract the juice.

Apply the juice on the affected skin, 3 times a day.

2. Balete bark

• Boil one cup of chopped bark in 1/2 gallon of water for 10 minutes.

Wash area with this decoction, 2 times daily this may be done instead of the starch bath.

3. Kalatsutsi sap

• Get the sap from the trunk and mix with a few drops of oil.

Apply directly on the affected skin.

4. Kakawate (Madre de Cacao) leaves

Crush 10 leaves and extract the juice.

Apply the juice on the itchy skin but not rub.

Apply as often as necessary for itchiness.