The doctor finally gave up and told her to go home and soak the wound in coal oil twice a day and pray for healing. The remedy worked. As I suspected, a detailed search of the book did not show coal oil as a recommended remedy for any malady. I now believe use of the concoction was for purely psychological reasons.
Prickly heat causes an itchy rash of small red raised red spots with a prickling or stinging sensation. Prickly heat usually affects parts of the body covered by clothes, such as the back, abdomen, neck, upper chest, groin or armpits.
This causes hot flashes. It is an attempt of the body to keep itself cooler. 1  Certain medicines are also responsible to cause hot flashes in male, these are nifedipine, cephalexcin, nitroglycerine etc.  Testicular cancer and prostate cancer can cause hot flashes.