This treatment will relieve the itching that accompanies dry hands and arms during the winter.
Make 1 quart of skim milk from powder. Mix with 1/2 cup of ground oatmeal and 1/4 cup of crushed chamomile flowers. Soak and coat hands and forearms with the oatmeal bath for at least 10 minutes. Rinse well and pat dry. Follow with a generous application of pure aloe vera gel.
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Soothing hand and arm bath
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It is recorded that the Babylonians were making soap around 2800 B.C. and that it was known to the Phoenicians around 600 B.C. These early references to soap and soap making were for the use of soap in the cleaning of textile fibers such as wool and cotton in preparation for weaving into cloth.