How to Treat Sunburn with Turmeric

Your skin, the body's largest organ, is also the most vulnerable to sun exposure. Getting repeatedly sunburned will eventually take its toll on your skin and, in time, even your health. If you do get sunburned, turmeric is an age-old herbal treatment that you can use to help heal the burn and help prevent future damage.

Things You'll Need

• Aloe vera leaf
• Turmeric
• Paring knife
• Blender
• Small bowl
• Gauze
• Glass jar
• 3 tablespoons of milk
• Barley
• Plain yogurt

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Instructions

Tumeric and Aloe

• 1

  Slice off the spikes of the aloe vera leaf, and peel off its outer skin. Place the peeled skin into the blender. Blend the leaf to a thick pulp.

• 2

  Measure three tablespoons of the aloe vera pulp into a bowl. Stir three tablespoons of turmeric into the pulp. Mix the ingredients thoroughly.

• 3

  Apply some of the gel mixture to the sun burned skin. Cover the affected area with gauze.

• 4

  Wash off and re-apply this treatment three times a day. You can store the gel in a glass jar in the fridge.

Turmeric and Milk

• 5

  Put three tablespoons of milk into the small bowl. Stir in the turmeric powder to make a paste.

• 6

  Apply the paste to the sunburned areas of your face and body. Allow the turmeric paste to dry on your skin.

• 7

  Rinse it off gently with cool water, using circular motions. The paste will remove finer hairs from your facial skin.

• 8

  Try the following alternative turmeric treatment for your sunburn. Make a paste of 1/3 cup turmeric, 1/3 cup barley and 1/3 cup plain yogurt. Apply the paste to the affected areas of your face and body. Leave it on until it dries up. Rinse off gently.