6 Remedies To Help You Get Rid Of Body Odor

How does it feel, if we get humiliated in a group of people for the bad body odour. When do we get body odour? when we go out for gym, running, when we are exposed to sun, when you are nervous, anxiety, etc.

Our body produces sweat, which has some sort of smell. When the protein is breakdown by bacteria, it produces acids, called propionic acid and isovaleric acid. propionic acid is caused by bacteria, while isovaleric acid is responsible for the bad body odour in the body.

When there is excess concentration of protein in the sweat that becomes the root cause of the bad body odour or bromhidrosis. This odour is caused only after puberty, due to hormonal changes in the body.

# Apple cider vinegar

ACV contains anti-bacterial properties and balances skin PH balance, which avoids bad body smell to the maximum.

Take a cotton ball and apply ACV to it. Clean the underarm area. Apply ACV to the underarms in the night and morning.

# Fenugreek tea

Fenugreek seed contains anti-bacterial properties, which flushes out the toxins from the body, removes bacterial infections from the body, removes bad body odour from the body, and detoxifies the body.

How to prepare fenugreek tea?

- Add fenugreek seeds in 250 ml of water
- Boil it for some time, till the water gets reduced to the half.
- After lukewarm water, drink it
- Daily take fenugreek tea, in the morning on empty stomach.

# Fennel tea

Fennel seeds increases the digestive system, keeps the bad body odour away. It is the finest way to reduce bad body odour naturally

How to prepare fennel tea?

- Take 2 cups of water
- Add 2 tsp of crushed fennel seeds to it and boil
- Boil until water becomes half.
- Strain water and add 1 tbsp of honey
- Drink when it is lukewarm
- Drink this daily

# Green Tea

The unsweetened green tea contains polyphenols,tannic acid and anti-oxidants which destroys the bacteria and thus removes the bad body odour from the body.

How to take externally?

- Prepare green tea , strain and let it get cool down
- Now take the green tea and apply on the affected areas and leave it for 15 min
- Wash off and do this daily

# Lemon

Lemon is acidic in nature, which will lower the pH levels of the skin, hence making hard for the bacteria to survive and giving a lemony fresh odour.

How to use?

- Rub the slice of lemon on affected areas and leave for 15 min
- Wash off with lukewarm water
- This must be done before going to bath
- If you have sensitive skin, then dilute lemon juice with water and apply on the areas
- After few days, the bad odour gets disappears and gets lemony smell.

# Epsom salt

Epsom salt helps our body to produce a hormone called serotonin, which helps body to get relaxed and lessens the sweat to produce.

How to use ?

- Take 2-3 cups of Epsom salt in a bath tub
- Soak in the water at least for 20 min
- Epsom salt lessens the body odour, lessens the sweat and gives you a young looking fresh body.