06-26-2008, 05:55 AM
For whatever sharing the experience may be worth, last year I was down in Dallas, TX, for a week doing a learning apprenticeship at a dalle de verre stained glass studio and while there developed horrendously itchy areas on the fronts of my lower legs. The elderly artist-craftsman operating this workshop had the same exact problem, and it was chronic for him so I figured the itching was caused by the same source- some sort of plant nearby, itty-bitty insects in the grass, a chemical in the workshop, something in the water, who knows. Nothing was helping much (I tried hydrocortizone cream, eucerin, and lotions like Keri). At night in my sleep (and sometimes during the day!) I was scratching and making it worse; this went on for about two weeks.
By chance one evening I was having a cup of chamomile (also spelled "camomile") tea while trying to watch a DVD and since the itching was becoming unbearable I (for no particular reason other than desperation) plucked the chamomile teabag out of the steaming cup and pressed it (hot, and leaking chamomile tea) against the irritated skin. Almost instantly (within a couple of minutes) the terrible itching faded completely away; I kept re-soaking and re-applying the hot teabag to the affected area for about a half an hour over a towel to sop up the leaking tea. The next morning there was a shiny new layer of skin healing over the irritated patches. It really was amazing; so miraculous was the instant relief and swift healing that I was tempted to fish the chamomile teabag out of the trashcan and look to see if it was shaped exactly like the Virgin Mary.
About a year later, up in Alaska, another bout of intense itching started up on the same front areas of my lower legs; I tried the hot chamomile tea compress again and it worked equally well. I did recommend this potential solution to the fellow at the dalle de verre studio in Texas but have not heard back from him whether or not he tried it and what results he had, if so.
So, for whatever the experience may be worth, if anything....
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Astonishing skill! This archer is a real-life Legolas and then some!
http://geekologie.com/2013/11/real-life-...rs-anc.php
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Astonishing skill! This archer is a real-life Legolas and then some!
http://geekologie.com/2013/11/real-life-...rs-anc.php
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