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Mar

25

How to make your own natural soap for eczema relief

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I have been searching over the web for a way to make your own natural soap for eczema relief. Here are my findings about natural soaps that are commercially sold.

Virgin vegetable oils are often used, and virgin oils from olives, avocado and coconut have found their way into soaps that give natural eczema relief. These virgin vegetable oils contain vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, all of which nourish the skin and make it healthy.

Ingredients like goat’s milk and herbal ingredients may also be included. The common denominator is simple. You must avoid detergent soaps and choose instead those that use petroleum, oils or fats for their base.

Oatmeal or aloe vera are also frequently added to herbal preparations as scrubs, cleansing pastes, or as bath oils to help clean without drying out your skin.

Some natural simple receipes for eczema relief that you can prepare yourself are given below.

Eczema Bath

Use only a neutral soap. Frequent bathing dries out the skin so avoid it as much as possible. When you do bathe, add plants like comfrey root, white willow bark, onions, cabbage, wintergreen, cranberry, and bay leaf into the water. Scrub with oatmeal in a bag (made of cheesecloth or muslin).

When you must use soap, use it sparingly and only towards the end of the bath. Sponges and washcloths are not recommended; use oatmeal-in-a-bag instead. With the use of skin-friendly soaps, combined with your other protocols, you might yet achieve natural eczema relief.

Hand and Body Cleansing Paste

Take some kale (substitute: watercress), comfrey root, orange peel, and white willow bark and put in warm water, 1 cup of water for every 1 ounce of the mixed herbs. This will make a strong, potent decoction. Strain the water after about 10 minutes and add ½ cup finely powdered oatmeal. Make mucilage of quince or tragacanth, and then slowly add the oatmeal-herb mixture until it turns to a paste.

You can spread the paste as a compress on affected areas, or use as a cleansing solution when you bathe. The kale and watercress are good sources of cleansing sulphur; the oatmeal soothes the skin; comfrey has allantoin for healing; white willow bark has salicylic acid; whilst orange peel has aromatic and antiseptic properties.

Mar

23

Itchy Skin As A Result From Celiac Disease

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Can your itchy skin rash be a result from having celiac disease? From what is discussed in today’s video posting, you may want to investigate this possibility.

It appears that far more people have celiac disease and remain undiagnosed. The estimate of those with celiac disease is about 1 in every 133 Americans. Celiac disease basically arises due to the inability to digest gluten.

Unfortunately, gluten can be found everywhere. Gluten is a protein that is found in foods that have wheat, rye, or barley in them. These grains are commonly found in many breads, pasta, cookies and even beer. The only grain that does not contain gluten is oats. Then again, oats found in the U.S. marketplace however can be cross contaminated due to crop rotation and milling procedures.

If left undiagnosed, celiac disease can be dangerous. It can slow down growth patterns as it causes malabsorption of nutrients. Children with celiac disease can end up with poor development and low energy.

What happens in your body if you have celiac disease and eat food that contains gluten? Your body triggers an autoimmune response to the gluten. Your body starts to attack and destroy normal tissue, especially the tissue in the small intestine called, “villi”. These villi are tiny, hair-like fingers that have the purpose of absorbing nutrients that come from the food we eat.

Other than unhealthy skin and skin rashes, a malfunction and tissue destruction causes chronic diarrhea, gas, bloating, reflux and also constipation. It does not take much gluten in the diet to cause this reaction; only a small amount can create a lot of problems.

A gluten-free diet can make a huge difference if you are diagosed with celiac disease. To check if you have celiac disease or not, you need to go through some tests. The first is a serious of blood tests. These tests can give false negatives. If a positive is obtained from these tests, a biopsy of the small intestine is required to make the diagnosis.