Chickenpox

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Jo, I just hired an Aromatherapy book out from the Library, and this is what the

suggest to use for chickenpox.

 

Treatment with essential oils can considerably reduce the duration, severity and

discomfort of an attack of chickenpox. Bergamot and Eucalyptus oils, which are

both anti-viral, were widely used against chickenpox, and found very helpful

before Ti-tree became readily available in this country. (Does anyone know if

there is an oil called Ti-tree, or do they mean Tea Tree oil?) I now use and

recommend Ti-tree for chickenpox, although it is also a good plan to alternate

this with the other two.

 

It the child is old enough to be treated with essential oils (from about 4

years) you can use any of these oils in baths, sprays and dabbing lotions to

reduce the itching. With a small child, it is easier to immerse the whole body

in a tepid bath every few hours than to try to dab lotion on each blister. Use

2 drops of Ti-tree with 2 drops of chamomile to reduce itching. Alternatively,

try I drop each of Bergamot, Eucalyptus, Chamomile and Lavender.

 

For older children you can make a lotion with 5 drops each of Ti-tree, chamomile

and Lavender added to 50 mls of witch hazel. Shake thoroughly and add to 50 mls

of rosewater or distilled water and dab on the blisters often as needed to

relieve itching. Blisters treated in this way will heal much faster than with

traditional remedy of calamine lotion witch clogs the pores and in fact slows

down healing.

 

Adults with chickenpox are often very ill indeed, with high fever at the outset,

and acute pain while the blisters are appearing. In such cases, use 3 drops of

Ti-tree and 1 drop each of Bergamot, Chamomile and Lavender to each bath, and

make a more pain-killing dabbing lotion with 6 drops ti-tree and 10 drops each

of Bergamot, Chamomile and Lavender to 50 mls each to witch hazel and water or

rosewater. Shake very well before each use. Bathing every few hours is

strongly recommended if the patient does not feel to weak to do this. The

dabbing lotion is particularly valuable in the later stages of chickenpox, as it

speeds healing and reduces the risk of scarring from the blisters.

 

 

I hope this helps. If you use this treatment I would be very interested in how

well it works.

 

Lisa