Rice starch for babies and children: how to use it?

Rice starch is a natural ingredient derived from rice flour (variety Oryza sativa) , and is used both in food and cosmetics. It looks like a very fine powder of white color, which melts
with ease in water.
For this reason rice starch is used in the kitchen especially as thickener, as formidable support for gluten-free recipes and for the preparation of sweets and leavening in general.

As often happens nature provides us directly with very useful ingredients to treat our skin safely and effectively. It is precisely the case of this starch, which applied on the skin in contact with water, carries out a calming and soothing action against redness, itching and rubbing.

The sweetheart of its composition makes it perfect to be used on skin infants and children, by sensitive nature and very delicate. Using this natural product also the redest skins will be able to hydrate and soften, without encountering unpleasant more common irritations in products without natural composition.

Today we know that the cleaning phase of the newborn is very important because it serves to create a protection against bacteria that can easily attack it not having a sufficiently acid ph and a hydrolipid film still incomplete. For a nice healing, purifying bath, lenitive and moisturizing rice starch is ideal, the most delicate solution you can meet.

It takes very few ingredients and is very quick to prepare. Just dissolve 3 or 4 tablespoons of pure rice starch in the tub and immerse your child.

The bath can be only complete thanks to the help of rice starch : it is also effective for skin and hair of the newborn, without having to use additional cleaning products.

How much time keep the baby immersed in the water of the bath made of rice starch?
The baby can stay in the tub for about 10 minutes , then be carefully extracted and dried with soft and hypoallergenic fabrics such as cotton or linen.

Often it happens that babies have babies very irritated and reddened areas on the skin: nothing to worry about, their skin is extremely sensitive and even a light rubbing could cause a slight redness or itching.
Also in this situation having a pack of rice starch among the products for cleaning and care of your baby will be very useful!

With rice starch in fact it is possible to create a emollient pack mixing water and starch, until a spreadable cuff will be created. This compound will be applied to your child's skin after bathing or cleaning, leaving it to act for about ten minutes.