Home Remedies for Itching All Over the Body

1. Avoid contact with the substance that produced the rash. Use rubber gloves to stop contact with fluids if the hands are affected. Wear cotton gloves inside rubber gloves to absorb sweat.
2. Application of coconut oil on the affected area relieves itching.
3. Dry skin is normally the cause of itching. In 100 grams of coconut oil add five to six grams of camphor and mix in a glass bottle. Close it with a tight cork and keep in the sun. Camphor will liquefy in the oil. Daily before bathing apply this oil on the whole body. It will cure dry itching. If ten drops of this oil are mixed in a bucket of water and used for bathing, itching will be cured. Apply this oil on any wound caused due to itching. This will heal the wound in seven to ten days and the skin will turn white. At this stage, apply only coconut oil. The skin becomes normal within a month.
4. After washing clothes, if the area adjoining the nails is swollen or painful, apply this oil each time after washing clothes to cure this.
5. Clean 21 fresh margosa leaves. Add 11 black peppers and mash in 60 grams of water, then drink morning and evening for seven days. It purifies blood. For children, add five, seven and 11 leaves in 10, 20 and 30 grams of water as per age. Also rub the stem of margosa on a clean stone with water to form a paste and apply this on the boil. Also bath with its water (boil leaves of margosa tree in water and cool it).
6. Genital and anal itching are common problems since these areas are moist, favouring bacterial growth.
7. Mix a small amount of alum in 2 teaspoons of lemon juice and apply on itching areas.
8. Application of lemon juice mixed with coconut oil is beneficial in general itching.
9. Papaya seeds mashed and applied on areas of the itch help cure itching.