Ailment: Itching

Remedy: Tea tree oil

Tea tree oil, melaleuca alternifolia essential oil, properties, traditional healing uses, recipes, warnings.

Comment posted by Ada of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong on 24 October 2022 at 3:52       5391

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I got something that looks like mild chronic urticaria / hives for last 3 years. It starts itching at night and I get these random super itchy mosquito bite-like marks on my face, neck, around breasts, pubic areas, hair and my back. Some bites last for months, others disappear very fast. Sometimes they appear in some really unusual areas, like on my ears and eyelids. My eyelids have been somewhat swollen for several years, too, but no signs of eye infection, it looks to me as some allergy, but I have none... After trying all natural and pharmaceutical therapies for urticaria, did countless dermatologist visits, all possible health tests, I was left with no solution! At least I know I am super healthy now, after all these tests. Recently I started using coconut oil and sugar scrub in my evening shower, to exfoliate skin and I noticed a huge relief in itching and new bite marks for next 24 hours. I apply it all over my body, except face because coconut oil clogs my face pores. After 5 mins I rinse it off. This made me think that my itch may be connected to demodex and am now trying tea tree oil in my after bath oils mixture grapeseed oil with a bit of essential oils like frankincense, lavender, peppermint, pomegranate seed, jojoba and now tea tree oil, too. Coconut oil and sugar shower scrub definitely provides a great relief for my skin itch! It also leaves skin beautiful. I use it every 3-4 days now, but thinking to try only coconut oil without glycolic every day.

Comment posted by Paul of Sacramento, CA, USA on 11 July 2012 at 10:53       695

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For the last six months I have suffered miserably with anal itch. I don't know what caused it, I’m pretty clean and healthy living. My specialist physician prescribed several medications that only made the situation worse. He couldn't explain it either, and just told me to keep the area dry. The itch was awful, people would wonder if I was distracted at times (well, I was!) I spent hours on the computer at home researching how to beat my itchy pain. The answer is TEA TREE OIL. Just a couple of drops on a cotton ball, hold to the area for a minute. Wait for a few more minutes then apply some corn starch to the area to dry it. The TTO burns at first, but then the TTO actually causes a cooling sensation.