Multani mitti aur chandan ka lep (ghamouri)
Fuller's earth and sandalwood paste for prickly heat
Garmi me ghamouri par multani mitti aur chandan powder ko gulab jal ya thande paani me ghol kar patli tah lagayi jati hai, sookhne par dho di jati hai. Asli kaam thandak aur dhile cotton kapdon ka hai.
Kya chahiye
- 2 chammach multani mitti
- 1 chammach chandan powder
- gulab jal ya thanda paani (paste banane bhar)
Kaise banate hain
Multani mitti aur chandan powder ek katori me lein. Sookha powder hawa me na udayein - woh saans me ja sakta hai; paani pehle daalein. Thoda-thoda gulab jal ya thanda paani daal kar patli, lagane laayak paste bana lein - bahut gaadha nahi. Pehli baar laga rahe hain to kohni ke andar ki taraf sikke jitna paste laga kar 24 ghante dekhein ki jalan ya laali to nahi hoti. Phir jahan ghamouri hai wahan halke haath se lagayein, ragadein nahi. Pandrah-bees minute sookhne dein, phir thande paani se dheere-dheere dho dein. Baad me twacha ko ragad kar nahi, thapthapa kar sukhayein. Din me ek baar kaafi hai, aur do-teen din se zyada lagatar nahi - mitti twacha ko sukha deti hai. 5 saal se chhote bachchon par yeh lep na lagayein. Saath me dhile cotton kapde pehnein aur kamra thanda rakhein - NHS ke mutabik ghamouri ki asli wajah pasina hai, isliye thandak hi sabse zaroori hissa hai.
Put the fuller's earth and sandalwood powder in a small bowl. Do not let the dry powder fly about, it can be breathed in; add the liquid first. Add rose water or cool water a little at a time until you have a thin, spreadable paste, not a thick pack. If this is the first time, patch test a coin-sized dab on the inner elbow and wait 24 hours to see whether it stings or reddens. Then dab it gently over the prickly heat; do not rub it in. Leave it fifteen to twenty minutes to dry, then rinse off slowly with cool water and pat, rather than rub, the skin dry. Once a day is enough, and not for more than two or three days in a row - clay dries the skin out. Do not use this paste on children under five. Alongside this, wear loose cotton and keep the room cool - the NHS says heat rash is caused by sweating, so the cooling is the part that matters most.
Parampara kya kehti hai
Kaha jata hai ki multani mitti garmi kheench leti hai aur chandan jalan aur chubhan ko shaant karta hai. Wikipedia ke mutabik multani mitti ka naam Multan sheher se aaya hai aur poore upmahadweep me ise cosmetic ki tarah istemal kiya jata hai. Ghar me yahi lep ghamouri, muhaanse aur 'chehre ki garmi' - sab par laga diya jata hai. Chalan bahut purana hai, par yeh daava parampara ka hai.
The claim is that multani mitti pulls the heat out of the skin and that sandalwood calms the sting and prickle. Wikipedia notes multani mitti is named after the city of Multan and is widely used in cosmetics across the subcontinent. In Indian homes the same paste gets applied for prickly heat, pimples and 'facial heat' alike. It is an old practice, but it remains a claim.
Shodh kya kehti hai
Sirf parampara
Hume multani mitti ke lep ka ghamouri (miliaria) par koi bhi human clinical trial nahi mila - na chhota, na bada. Chandan ke distilled tel par dermatology me kuch trials zaroor hue hain, lekin wo alag skin bimariyon par aur factory-made cream par the; ghar par ghisa chandan powder unme shaamil nahi tha. Yani research ne is nuskhe ko thik se jaancha hi nahi. Ek aur baat jo dhyan me rakhni chahiye: ghamouri pasine ki naliyon ke band ho jane se hoti hai, aur twacha par gaadhi tah chadhana theoretically un naliyon ko aur dhak sakta hai - isliye patli tah, kam der, aur pehle thandak. NHS aur healthdirect dono ghamouri ke liye jo kehte hain wo alag hai: sharir thanda rakhein, dhile cotton kapde, thanda snan, khujlayein nahi, aur zaroorat pade to chemist se calamine lotion. Mitti ya chandan ka zikr in dono jagah nahi hai.
We found no human clinical trial at all of a multani mitti paste for prickly heat - not a small one, not a large one. Distilled sandalwood oil has been through some dermatology trials, but those were on different skin conditions and on a manufactured cream, not on sandalwood powder ground at home. So research has not properly tested this. One thing worth holding in mind: heat rash happens because sweat ducts are blocked, and laying a thick layer over the skin could in theory block them further - hence a thin layer, a short time, and cooling first. What NHS and healthdirect both advise for heat rash is different: stay cool, loose cotton clothing, cool baths, do not scratch, and calamine lotion from a pharmacist if needed. Neither of them mentions clay or sandalwood.
Kab nuskha chhodkar doctor ke paas
- daanon me pus, peela paani ya failti hui laali
- rash ke saath 100.4 F (38 C) se upar bukhar
- thande kamre aur dhile kapdon ke 3 din baad bhi rash waisa hi rahe
- lep lagate hi jalan, soojan ya nayi laali ho jaye
- daane bade chhalon me badal jayein ya twacha chhilne lage
- bachcha rash ke saath sust ho jaye, khana-doodh chhod de ya bahut chidchida ho
3 sources
- NHS - Heat rash (prickly heat)primary
Heat rash (prickly heat) - NHS
- healthdirect Australia - Heat rashprimary
Heat rash - treatments and causes | healthdirect
- Wikipedia - Fuller's earth
Fuller's earth - Wikipedia