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.
Causes and Risk Factors. Burning thigh pain is caused by something pressing on, or pinching, the femoral lateral cutaneous nerve. The femoral lateral cutaneous nerve, which originates in the spine and extends to the outer thigh, is a sensory nerve that gives feeling to the skin of your outer thigh.