Is there any way to relieve the itching on the body? What should I pay attention to?

Everyone has experienced the symptoms of itching on the body. This symptom is often caused by certain irritation to the skin. For example, mosquito bites, viral infections, etc. may cause itchy skin. Once it itches, it will make people very uncomfortable. So, is there any way to stop itching? What should you pay attention to?

1. Avoid excessive scratching

Scratch the itchy skin hard until it bleeds. The result is that the more you scratch, the more itchy it becomes, and the more itchy it becomes, the more you scratch, forming a vicious cycle. Therefore, while undergoing treatment for skin diseases, patients must control their hands and avoid scratching as much as possible. When itching is severe, they can take medication to relieve the itching in time.

2. Do not wash with hot water

Although washing with hot water can relieve itching temporarily, it will aggravate the itching afterwards, especially in cases of acute dermatitis such as eczema. Washing with hot water can increase the permeability of capillaries, promote the release of a large amount of allergic substances, lead to increased exudation and erosion, and worsen the condition. Therefore, even Chinese medicine fumigation and washing is not suitable for patients with acute eczema and acute dermatitis.

3. Prohibition of the use of alkaline detergents

Using alkaline soap, laundry detergent or detergent can easily make the skin drier, aggravating chapped skin and itching. When allergies occur, you can apply allergy repair cream externally to relieve them. Taking a bath with soap can inhibit sebum secretion and make the skin drier, thus aggravating the itching. Therefore, these patients can try soaps rich in oil.

4. Avoid eating irregularly

Some people may develop allergic skin diseases such as eczema and urticaria, or have their symptoms aggravated, by eating seafood, dog meat, beef, mutton, fish, shrimp, crab, silkworm pupae and various irritating foods, such as chili peppers, peppercorns, garlic, cinnamon, leeks, etc. Therefore, for people with allergies, the diet should be light, and they can eat some fruits appropriately to supplement multiple vitamins.

5. Cnidium monnieri kills insects and relieves itching

It is the dried mature fruit of the Umbelliferae plant Cnidium monnieri. The fruit is harvested when it is ripe in summer and autumn, impurities are removed, the fruit is dried and used raw. Nature and flavor: pungent, bitter, warm. It is slightly toxic and enters the kidney meridian. Functions and indications: Drying dampness and dispelling wind, killing insects and relieving itching, warming the kidney and strengthening yang. It is used for vaginal itching and leucorrhea, itching due to eczema, dampness and low back pain, impotence due to kidney deficiency, and infertility due to uterine coldness.