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Homemade Sunburn Relief
Recipes
by Sandy Shields
Sun Burn Lotion
8 ounces non-medicated
lotion
5 drops clove oil
5 drops peppermint oil
2-4 teaspoons powdered
Comfrey Root
2-4 tablespoons Aloe Vera gel
Mix together thoroughly in
a bowl. Chill, if desired.
HINT: Amounts of Comfrey Root or Aloe Vera gel
may be increased, but do not increase the amounts of clove or peppermint oils,
as they may cause skin
irritation.
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Cucumber Sunburn Lotion
1 cucumber -
chopped
1/4 cup Glycerin
1/4/ cup Rose-water
Squeeze juice out of
the cucumber with a lemon-squeezer, and mix with Glycerin and
Rose-water.
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Sunburn Soothing Bath
2-4 cups *Colloidal (not
regular) oatmeal
1/2 to 1 cup baking soda
1-2 cups powdered Chamomile
flowers
1 cup buttermilk, optional
Add all ingredients to bath water,
or wrap in cheesecloth and tie to the faucet for adding aroma.
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Sunburn Mist
2 fluid ounces of distilled
water
9 drops of lavender
2 drops of peppermint
1 drop of
spearmint
Mix all, then mist lightly over sun-burned skin.
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Various
Natural/HomeMade Remedies
1. Apply undiluted apple cider vinegar to
sunburn.
2. Mix 10 ounces Non-fat Dry Milk, 2 tablespoons salt and 25 ounces
water. Saturate cloth and apply to sunburn 20 minutes.
3. Apply mayonnaise as
a skin cream to sunburn.
4. Use Aloe plant, or pure aloe vera gel.
5.
Apply peanut oil to sun-burned area(s).
6. Apply thin slices of cold, raw
cucumbers, apples, or potato directly to the skin.
7. Apply cold, plain
yogurt, then rinse with cool water.
8. Apply cold, used tea bags to
sun-burned eyelids to relieve pain and swelling.
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Sun Burn Lotion
8 ounces non-medicated
lotion
5 drops clove oil
5 drops peppermint oil
2-4 teaspoons powdered
Comfrey Root
2-4 tablespoons Aloe Vera gel
Mix together thoroughly in
a bowl. Chill, if desired.
HINT: Amounts of Comfrey Root or Aloe Vera gel
may be increased, but do not increase the amounts of clove or peppermint oils,
as they may cause skin
irritation.
-----------------------------------
Cucumber Sunburn Lotion
1 cucumber -
chopped
1/4 cup Glycerin
1/4/ cup Rose-water
Squeeze juice out of
the cucumber with a lemon-squeezer, and mix with Glycerin and
Rose-water.
-------------------------
Sunburn Soothing Bath
2-4 cups *Colloidal (not
regular) oatmeal
1/2 to 1 cup baking soda
1-2 cups powdered Chamomile
flowers
1 cup buttermilk, optional
Add all ingredients to bath water,
or wrap in cheesecloth and tie to the faucet for adding aroma.
-------------------------
Sunburn Mist
2 fluid ounces of distilled
water
9 drops of lavender
2 drops of peppermint
1 drop of
spearmint
Mix all, then mist lightly over sun-burned skin.
-----------------------------------
Various
Natural/HomeMade Remedies
1. Apply undiluted apple cider vinegar to
sunburn.
2. Mix 10 ounces Non-fat Dry Milk, 2 tablespoons salt and 25 ounces
water. Saturate cloth and apply to sunburn 20 minutes.
3. Apply mayonnaise as
a skin cream to sunburn.
4. Use Aloe plant, or pure aloe vera gel.
5.
Apply peanut oil to sun-burned area(s).
6. Apply thin slices of cold, raw
cucumbers, apples, or potato directly to the skin.
7. Apply cold, plain
yogurt, then rinse with cool water.
8. Apply cold, used tea bags to
sun-burned eyelids to relieve pain and swelling.
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