Hi Sandra, Miss Three just had chicken pox and, although she's much better now, she has been left with a bit of scarring. It used to be common practice in traditional medicine to wrap wounds and bites in medicinal plants to speed the healing of the skin. Related Content Your health: Battling school holiday stress Your health: Natural remedies to help children sleep Music may be best medicineAnother great plant for minimising scar tissue is Calendula (Calendula officinalis). These medicinal plants have additional cooling effects on the skin, which is especially soothing in the hot phase of chicken pox. KawakawaNew Zealand also has its own native plants for skin healing.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 14, 2017 19:33 UTC