Simple home remedies relieve sunburn

Drink plenty of water and cooling envelopes help with sunburn
Finally the sun comes out. At these temperatures, most people linger outside in the garden, on the balcony or even on the beach. Many underestimate the power of the sun. Just the first rays of the sun can cause a significant sunburn, because the skin has not yet changed. However, simple home remedies can help alleviate the discomfort and symptoms.

In sunburn drink plenty of water
A sunburn removes fluid from the body. Therefore, the liquid reserves should be replenished quickly. The best way to do this is with water, which should be drunk abundantly in the heat anyway. Liquid also helps against overheating or sunstroke.

A sunburn can damage the skin permanently. Very dreaded is the skin cancer. Picture: m0622 - fotolia

Even if you are tempted to cool off with a freezing cold shower, you should always prefer a lukewarm shower with sun-baked skin. It is also advisable to choose a mild water pressure, so as not to burden the skin too much. Even with shower gel, only a gentle, skin-neutral product should be used. This can prevent the skin from drying out.

An effective and natural simple home remedy for sunburn is quark. He is liberally painted on tea towels and placed as an envelope on the affected areas. The quark has a cooling and anti-inflammatory effect. If the quark is no longer cool, it should be renewed. Alternatively, yogurt or kefir can also be used. Cloths soaked in buttermilk are also suitable. To reduce the risk of infection, all residues of the milk product should be carefully rinsed off after use.

Cool sunburn and protect skin from infection
Aloe also provides relief from sunburn. If present, a piece of the aloe vera plant is cut off and the leaking juice is applied to the burned areas. The substances of Aloe have a cooling and healing effect, as the plant contains anti-inflammatory substances. Coconut oil can also soothe the skin and provide it with nutrients.

Another well-known home remedy that can provide relief from sunburn is black tea. If only small areas are affected, enough tea bags, which were once brewed and then stored in the refrigerator. For larger areas towels are soaked with strong, chilled black tea and put on the sunburn. The application is also possible with chamomile tea.

Healing earth can also do good work on sunburnt skin. The healing clay is mixed with cool water to form a pulp. This is applied to the affected areas. When the healing clay slurry has dried, it is carefully washed off with cool water.

In very bad sunburns anti-inflammatory drugs such as acetylsalicylic acid can be used. If symptoms such as severe headache, nausea and loss of consciousness appear on the burned skin, a doctor should be consulted. (Sb)