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Herbal Remedies Used By An Eczema Sufferer

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I thought I’d do something different today by posting an email that I just received from the wife of an eczema sufferer. She shared about her husband’s move towards natural healing and how they used herbal remedies to help alleviate and remove his symptoms. I was delighted when she agreed to my request for sharing her email with readers to my site.

Read about it here…..

“Yesterday I found your website about eczema and was excited about the information you give. My husband suffers from eczema flare-ups and of course the Doctor recommended treatment has always been steroid creams. He does not like using the creams and believes, as you do, that they only treat the itch symptom. He needed a cure or relief from the inside.

We live in Barbados and about 4 years ago, Mike (my husband), had a terrible flare-up. We decided to look into herbal remedies. Mike’s Mum had the original “Back to Eden” book, so I began researching from there. We used the following herbs:

Yellow Dock, Yarrow flowers, Marshmallow, and Burdock Root.

I used one teaspoon of each herb and made a tea using 4 cups of water. I let the tea steep for about 40 minutes and strained it. Mike would drink one cup 4 times a day. I would reuse the herbs by adding more water and heating again. He used the tea from the second batch to wash with, and the tea leaves to put directly on the affected areas for about 20 minutes.

Along with this, he had sea baths and kept his skin moist with lotions. We both have healthy eating habits…lots of fish, fresh fruit and vegetables. We also drink lots of water. Neither of us eat processed meats and we faithfully take vitamins. Most of our meals consist of fish, rice and vegetables.

It took a good month of faithfully following the tea drinking practice, and his skin eventually cleared up. Since then, he has had a few flare-ups and will use the herb tea remedy again.

Mike has another flare-up, but this time, before using the herb tea, he will do a cleanse, as you suggest. He also wants to eliminate dairy from his diet, as he knows that it has bothers his stomach, so he could have an allergy. He was never told by any Doctor that his eczema could be an allergy of some type. They only treated the sore patches with creams.

Thank-you for all the great information!”

— Barbara & Michael Bryan

Comments

One Response to “Herbal Remedies Used By An Eczema Sufferer”

whwong on June 6th, 2008 2:27 am

These sound like the traditional herbs for eczema. Might also like to try

Gardenia - herbal tea
Neem - tea & bath for itch relief

Quite frankly, the fact yr husband still has flare-ups means this is a herbal TREATMENT and NOT a cure.

He has the luxury of time for the treatment to kick but many sufferers do not. Also some flare ups are so acute that they do need steroids…

What I’m saying is that we shouldn’t dismiss steroids for treatment. They’re effective for short-term treatment and herbal remedies are better for long-term maintenance.

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