How to Use Natural Home Remedies for Sunburn

There's nothing like a fun day in the sun, until you get home to find your skin red and burning. Sunburn can be very painful and if not treated it can blister and peel adding to the pain. Sunburn in severe cases can lead to dehydration and sun stroke. Be sure and drink plenty of fluids while your sunburn is healing. The best thing to do is to prevent it from happening in the first place by using an SPF lotion and avoiding midday sun. If you should happen to get a sunburn, treat it as soon as you can, and avoid further exposure to the sun until your sunburn has healed. The good news is that natural home remedies have been found to be very effective in treating sunburn. Here are some ways to use natural home remedies for sunburn.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Apple Cider Vinegar
   Apple Cider Vinegar is a great home remedy for sunburn and provides relief from the burning and stinging associated with sunburn. It can also relieve that hot feeling you get when you are sunburned. Apple Cider Vinegar will also help keep you from peeling. Apply to sunburned skin with a soft cloth or cotton balls as often as needed. Make sure skin is unbroken.

2. 
   Green Tea: A Great Home Remedy for Sunburn

   Green Tea
   Brew some green tea and chill it. Apply the tea with a soft cloth every few hours as needed. You can also place the cooled tea bags directly onto the sunburn. Green tea is a great natural home remedy for soothing sunburn. Regular tea can be used as well.

3. Plain Yogurt or Sour Cream
   Plain Yogurt and Sour Cream are wonderful for taking the heat out of a sunburn. Gently apply to the sunburn and leave for 20 minutes then rinse with water.

4. 
   Aloe Vera: An Excellant Home Remedy for Sunburn Providing Pain Relief and Moisturization

   Aloe Vera
   You can use the natural gel from an Aloe Vera plant or Aloe Vera juice from the health food store as an effective natural remedy for sunburn. Aloe Vera relieves pain from sunburn and helps to moiturize the skin aiding in the healing process. Cut open a piece of an Aloe Vera plant and apply the gel to the affected area. The juice can be applied by gently using a cotton ball. Apply as often as needed for an excellant natural home remedy for sunburn.

5. 
   Vitamin E: Taken Internally or Used Externally to Heal Sunburn

   Vitamin E Capsule or Cream
   Poke a hole in a Vitamin E capsule and apply directly to your sunburn, or you can use Vitamin E cream. Either will provide pain relief. Vitamin E also lubricates the skin helping to prevent blistering and peeling. You can also take 500iu of Vitamin E daily to progress healing and help stop scarring.

6. Chamomile Oil
   In a small bowl of water add 5 drops of Chamomile Oil. Mix and apply to unbroken skin for soothing sunburn relief.

7. 
   Lavendar Oil: One of the Most Effective Natural Home Remedies for Sunburn

   Lavendar Oil
   Lavendar Oil is an extremely beneficial home remedy for sunburn. It has anti-inflammatory, pain relieving and healing properties. It is excellant for using on sunburn blisters too. Gently apply the oil with a cotton ball or with your fingers.

8. 

   Bath Additives
   If there are large areas that are sunburned try soaking in a lukewarm bath after you have added one of the following: 1 to 2 cups Apple Cider Vinegar, 1 cup of Baking Soda, a sprinkling of Colloidal Oatmeal, a package of Nonfat Dry Milk or 1 quart low fat milk. Soak for half an hour. These are wonderful natural home remedies for sunburn pain. Then apply one of the other topical remedies for added relief and healing.

9. Vitamin C
   To encourage quicker healing of sunburn take 1000 mg of Vitamin C daily.

Tips & Warnings

• Never use greasy ointments, butter, baby oil, benzocaine, petroleum jelly, or lidocaine on a sunburn. This will only damage the skin further by frying it, because they trap the heat. Sunburn needs to be exposed to the air to heal.
• Don't use harsh or strong soaps on a sunburn.
• Never pop a sunburn blister. The blister is your bodies natural protective covering and helps the healing process of the sunburn. It will pop on its own when it is ready.

Resources

• Lavender Oil at Amazon
• Fruit Of The Earth Aloe Vera Gel at Amazon
• 1801 Home Remedies Book at Amazon

[Mitestarossa]

on 5/8/2009 Excellent, I didn't know about the yogurt/sour cream thing.