Hives is an allergic reaction caused by food or drugs. Other allergic reactions can be caused by animal dander, dust mites, medicines and certain chemicals. Basically, allergic reactions are caused by some substances that make the immune system over react and send chemicals to expel it.
Histamine is one of the chemicals used to fight allergens. It causes the hives related to an allergic reaction. Aside from allergic reactions, hives can also be caused by too much sweating, extreme temperatures, stress, certain medications, wearing new clothes, unwashed tight clothes and health problems. There are also cases wherein the cause of the hives can’t be determined.
Hives on the body range in size and shape. They can be a few millimeters small to several inches long. They can be round, in ring forms, or in large patches. Hives can be chronic or acute depending on how long they appear on the skin. They are usually red, raised, and quite itchy welts on the surface of the skin. The allergic individuals may experience swelling reactions on the lips, tongue, eyes, and ears which can alter the appearance of the victims grotesquely.
Though hives commonly appear on any skin surface, they spare the palms and soles of the feet more often than not. The swelling of the lips and tongue in particular can be serious and life threatening due to the airway obstruction. Some people only experience hives once in a while whenever they eat a certain food or food additives. While others have hives as a chronic problem which can actually extend for many years. That is why if you want to speed up the healing process of your hives, then taking cayenne pepper is the remedy that you really need.
Before trying this type of medication, you have to be certain that you’re not allergic to cayenne pepper in any way. If you take this and you happen to be allergic to it, the hives might get worse. Taking cayenne pepper capsules hasten the healing process of hives, it does not give immediate relief. Just make sure to take the capsules until all the hives are gone.
You may also try the hot massage oil by cayenne pepper. Combine an ounce of cayenne pepper together with two tablespoons of mustard powder, two inches of ginger root, two tablespoons of ground black pepper and a 300ml of a vegetable oil. Put all the ingredients into a pan of water and simmer slowly for two hours. Be careful not to burn the oil for it will be useless and must be discarded. After this, you can strain it when it has cool down. You may then use it as a healing massage oil on the affected areas of your body due to hives.
If you opt for a less complicated procedure, then start taking a teaspoon of the cayenne pepper powder and put it into a glass of purified or distilled water and drink it. It will be certainly hot for you in the first few days but your body will soon get used to it as your hives heal as well.
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