nungu for verkuru | ice apple for prickly heat

Ice apple / nungu / palmyra fruit is the best chemical-free home remedy for verkuru / prickly heat / summer rashes / heat rashes.

Prickly heat summer rashes are very common in babies and kids as their sweat glands are just developing. I always opt for harmless home remedies for my kid and one of the best home remedy for prickly heat is nungu bath followed by neem bath.

On the first day, you will witness reduction in itching. Second day, redness will disappear and the rashes start to dry with black healing spots over each rash. Third day, number of rashes will be reduced. Fourth or fifth day as per the severity, the rashes will vanish !! This nungu treatment had always worked for my baby from 7th month and even today(5.5 years of age).

Pls seek medical advice, if the rashes are so intense.

Additional tips:

If your kid has developed summer rashes,

• Do not let him/her play in the sun, until cured.
• If possible, dress your baby/kid to stay topless for proper aeration.
• Keep hydrated.. Offer plenty of water, fresh juices, seasonal fruits like melons, tender palmyra fruit/nungu. Click here to see how to make nungu puree for babies.
  
• Give bath(nungu and neem bath) twice a day and preferably hair bath to stay cool. Do not prefer hot water. Normal cool water should be more soothing.

nungu bath for prickly heat in babies and kids – Stepwise pics follow the below printable description:

nungu bath for verkuru | ice apple bath for prickly heat

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Total time

20 mins

 

Ingredients

• Palmyra fruit / Ice apple / nungu - daily 1 or 2 full fruit
• Neem leaves - few

Instructions

1. Buy small-sized, tender palmyra fruit/ice apple/nungu. With a sharp spoon, take off the white covering over each jelly.
2. Pierce each jelly and pour the water in the palm. You shall even pour it in a small bowl.
3. Apply the water over the prickly heat / verkuru / summer rashes / heat rashes. Then again, use the index finger to pull out the soft jelly. Apply the jelly over the rashes.
4. Leave it for 15 to 20 mins and then give Neem bath, without using soap. Click here on detailed post about Neem bath.

Notes

1.Small tender palmyra fruit will have more water than the bigger ones. Also, the jelly will be so soft in smaller ones.
2.If you cannot get fresh nungu daily, get 5 and refrigerate it. Keep it outside, at least 3 hrs before applying to kids as it will be more cooler for kids to tolerate.
3.If the infection needs extra care, then grind neem leaves and apply over the rashes for 10 mins after washing off nungu.

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How to give nungu bath for summer rashes in babies and kids?

1.Buy small-sized, tender palmyra fruit/ice apple/nungu. With a sharp spoon, take off the white covering over each jelly.

2.Pierce each jelly and pour the water in the palm. You shall even pour it in a small bowl.

3.Apply the water over the prickly heat / verkuru / summer rashes / heat rashes. Then again, use the index finger to pull out the soft jelly. Apply the jelly over the rashes.

Leave it for 15 to 20 mins and then give Neem bath, without using soap. Click here on detailed post about Neem bath.

Tips/Tricks in giving nungu bath for verkuru in babies and kids:

• Small tender palmyra fruit will have more water than the bigger ones. Also, the jelly will be so soft in smaller ones.
• If you cannot get fresh nungu daily, get 5 and refrigerate it. Keep it outside, at least 3 hrs before applying to kids as it will be more cooler for kids to tolerate.
• If the infection needs extra care, then grind neem leaves and apply over the rashes for 10 mins after washing off nungu.