Useful for soothing and protecting damaged or tender skin. Used to treat conditions including sunburn, eczema, rashes, chicken pox, measles, insect bites and stings. Also used as a mild astringent to dry weeping or oozing blisters and acne abscesses. Calamine Lotion has evolved to ease itches & rashes since the 1830s. Zinc, a key ingredient, comes from the mines, Arkansas being the largest producer.