The Natural Way to Heal a Diaper Rash
Posted by andreasherrel on May 22, 2011
Recently I searched the Internet to find out all I could about diaper rashes. I learned about the causes, symptoms, and a variety of treatments. Everything I read said to make sure and give the baby’s bottom air. If possible let them be without a diaper for a few hours each day. This seemed a little problematic since the purpose of the diaper is to catch all kinds of projectiles coming from the baby that will not stop for a daily dose of airing out. Luckily I was able to call on common sense and placed my child on a waterproof surface.
The majority of the treatments required applying creams that had a number of chemicals that I didn’t feel totally comfortable putting on my baby’s bottom, so I reached out to my community of tangible mothers. One friend suggested that I try scorched flour. I had absolutely no idea what this meant and at first I wasn’t sure I wanted to understand…it seemed like some wives’ tale. But I decided to try it, so I Googled it and found the necessary instructions.
Within 3 days the diaper rash was healed. Below are the instructions from eHow.com:
1) Preheat a heavy skillet on the stove top on medium heat for two to three minutes.
Scorched Flour
2) Put 1/2 cup of all purpose flour in the skillet and stir around with a spatula until the flour begins to burn and takes on a tan color. This will usually take three or four minutes.
3) Remove the skillet from the stove after the flour has browned sufficiently and allow to cool. The scorching of the flour can also be performed by placing a layer of flour in a baking pan and putting the pan under the broiler. Watch this carefully and stir the flour every few minutes until it reaches the desired color.
4) Place the scorched flour into a sandwich bag after allowing it to cool.
5) Pat the scorched flour onto baby’s dry bottom at each diaper change. The continued use of the flour on your baby’s diaper rash aids in healing because the flour creates an alkaline environment. This prevents the diaper rash from worsening and allows it to heal.
