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Heat Rush

Heat Rash

A couple of laps around the walking path usually makes you feel great. So how come today you look like you just sprinted five miles through the Mojave Desert with a saguaro cactus strapped to your back?

Chances are you have a heat rash. Also known as prickly heat, these painful rashes occur when sweat gets stuck in your skin. Instead of flowing out from your pores, the sweat drains into your flesh, causing a bright red rash that feels like someone is sticking pins in it.

The natural remedies in this chapter, used with the approval of your doctor, may help prevent or relieve a heat rash, according to some health professionals.

See Your Medical Doctor When...

You have a rash that’s widely spread over your body.
You experience fever and are fatigued.
You get no relief in a cool environment.

Food Therapy

“To get over heat rash more quickly, increase your intake of essential fatty acids,” advises Julian Whitaker, M.D., founder and president of the Whitaker Wellness Center in Newport Beach, California. “Salmon and other cold water fish (such as herring and mackerel) are excellent sources of these fatty acids, as are flaxseed oil and dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach.” Flaxseed oil is available in most health food stores.

Homeopathy

To prevent heat rash, take a 30C dose of Sol three times a day for up to three weeks, writes Andrew Lockie, M.D., in his book The Family Guide to Homeopathy. If you do develop a rash, Dr. Lockie recommends trying a 30C dose of Apis as soon as the prickling or itching sensation starts. Take this remedy every two hours for up to ten doses, he says, and repeat this routine daily, if necessary.

Sol and Apis are available in many health food stores. To purchase homeopathic remedies by mail, refer to the resource list on page 637.

Hydrotherapy

Take an alkaline bath to soak away heat rash, suggests medical pathologist Agatha Thrash, M.D., co-founder and co-director of Uchee Pines Institute, a natural healing center in Seale, Alabama. Add one cup of baking soda to a tub filled with lukewarm water (94° to 98°F; you can use a regular thermometer to check) and soak for 30 to 60 minutes, using a cup to pour the water over any part of the body that isn’t submerged in the bath. Pat dry.

See also Rashes

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