Pepper water for urticaria

Pepper water for urticaria

Urticaria is a common skin disease with itching as its symptom, and the chance of recurrence increases with the severity of the disease. The main symptoms are itching, redness and swelling. There are many ways to treat urticaria, some of which can be treated with folk remedies, such as Sichuan pepper. We all know that Sichuan pepper has many benefits for our human body, but can Sichuan pepper water treat urticaria? Today I will tell you how to treat urticaria with pepper water.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum has the therapeutic effect of helping to relieve itching of urticaria.

Principle: Sichuan pepper is spicy, warm in nature and aromatic. It has the effects of warming the middle and dispersing cold, drying dampness and killing insects, promoting qi and relieving pain. It can be used externally to kill insects and relieve itching. It is often used to treat scabies, eczema or skin itching. For patients with severe itching caused by urticaria growing on the skin surface, Sichuan pepper water can be applied externally to achieve surface anesthesia, promote dampness removal, and quickly relieve itching.

Can Sichuan pepper cure urticaria?

How to use pepper to treat urticaria

Boil the peppercorns into a liquid and apply it externally to relieve itching.

To treat urticaria, you don't have to eat it. Instead, you can use 3 to 6 grams of Sichuan peppercorns, boil them in a decoction and use it to fumigate the affected area of ​​urticaria or apply it to the affected skin to relieve itching. The specific usage method is as follows.

How to use pepper to treat urticaria

1. Pepper water can only relieve but not cure

People often use folk remedies to treat urticaria, but these remedies should not be used indiscriminately and need to be treated symptomatically. Secondly, many folk remedies only relieve symptoms and cannot cure urticaria. It is recommended that patients with urticaria should seek medical attention in a timely manner. Treatment with Chinese or Western anti-allergic drugs is more effective and rapid.

2. Oral administration of pepper water is ineffective

When using Sichuan peppercorns to treat urticaria, you should not add Sichuan peppercorns to dishes as this treatment method is ineffective. The correct approach is to apply the decoction according to the above prescription and scrub the affected area.

3. Do not use pepper water for hot compresses or washing

Heat can temporarily relieve the affected skin, but it is another kind of stimulation for patients with urticaria. It can easily cause the capillaries in the affected area to dilate, releasing more allergens, causing large-area rashes and severe itching.

4. Do not use if your skin is broken

If a patient with urticaria scratches the affected skin with his fingernails due to itching, causing ulcers on the skin surface, he cannot use pepper water as a treatment method.