Chicken pox is an acute contagious disease. It is principally afflicts children and is caused by the varicella virus. It is characterized by a superficial eruption of transparent macular vesicles which appear in successive crops on different parts of the body.
Water treatments
1. Fever sponge bath or continuous cold compress to the head for fever.
2. Warm shower or warm sponge bath daily. Do not rub on lesions.
3. Give plenty of fruit juices and water to the patient during waking hours.
Note: Insulate the patient in a room, if possible, to prevent the spread of the disease to other members of the family.
Herbal Medication
Balimbing leaves. Crush or chop young leaves and extract the juice. Apply the juice on the skin or lesions to relieve the itchiness, 3 times a day. Don't rub the juice on the skin.
Lagundi leaves. Boil 4 tablespoons of chopped lagundi leaves or 6 tabelspoons of chopped fresh levaes in 2 glass of water for 15 minutes. Dosage: adult - 1 cup every 4 hours. Children - 1 tablespoon for babies, 2-6 yrs old, 1/4 cup, every 4 hours, 7-12 yrs, 1/2 cup, every 4 hours.
Water treatments
1. Fever sponge bath or continuous cold compress to the head for fever.
2. Warm shower or warm sponge bath daily. Do not rub on lesions.
3. Give plenty of fruit juices and water to the patient during waking hours.
Note: Insulate the patient in a room, if possible, to prevent the spread of the disease to other members of the family.
Herbal Medication
Balimbing leaves. Crush or chop young leaves and extract the juice. Apply the juice on the skin or lesions to relieve the itchiness, 3 times a day. Don't rub the juice on the skin.
Lagundi leaves. Boil 4 tablespoons of chopped lagundi leaves or 6 tabelspoons of chopped fresh levaes in 2 glass of water for 15 minutes. Dosage: adult - 1 cup every 4 hours. Children - 1 tablespoon for babies, 2-6 yrs old, 1/4 cup, every 4 hours, 7-12 yrs, 1/2 cup, every 4 hours.
