Aug

28

Reduce Eczema Symptoms Through Self Expression

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I have already shared the likelihood of eczema being a case of repressed anger. Repressed anger happens when you bottle up your feelings and do not find an outlet. Perhaps, you prefer not to have an outright confrontation with the other party or that you have simply been taught never to express your inner thoughts because doing so means that you are a weakling.

Treating eczema should be made on a holistic perspective; that is a full recovery can only be the case where there is balance in mind-body-spirit. Hence, instead of bottling up your anger and frustration, consider instead about communicating your stress to others.

Discussing your feelings in a positive way is not venting. Venting can turn into boring monologues and drowning in self-pity. The goal is to express and acknowledge your feelings to a trusted person in a one-on-one environment. If you do not feel you have someone you can talk to in confidence, then I recommend that you keep a journal. As you write, you are crystalizing and releasing the emotions you harbor inside.

Obviously, it will help if you can communicate in a positive manner. Turn the negatives in your life around and see if you can learn a useful lesson. Also use visualization to picture the positive results reducing stress. Laughter is also a good medicine; hence look at the funny side of life! Stress management experts say laughter releases the tension of pent-up emotions and helps us keep our perspective.

Anger is a toxin that needs to be eliminated. Over time, it can accumulate to create havoc in your body. My gut instincts tell me that repressed anger have manifested in symptoms of eczema for me in the past. Learning self expression and how to cope with stress in the recent years have been very helpful in keeping my eczema symptoms down.

May

16

Results Of My Leaky Gut Test

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I finally managed to see Dr Sebastian Liew yesterday to get the results of my leaky gut test. I know it has been already more than a month since I took the test but what happened was a case of missed emails. I have waited for him to contact me, not knowing that he had already sent an email to me which I’ve missed. My inbox has so much spam nowadays that it is only unbelievable the amount of junk that I’ve got to plough through everyday. Also, he was away for 3 weeks last month in Europe on business.

In any case, the timing was perfect as I also had a couple of other questions relating to general health that I wanted to ask. But first, back to the results of the leaky gut test.

Based on 900 mL of urine, the results indicated a lactulose/mannitol ratio of 0.014. The normal range should be 0.000 to 0.035. So it seems that I’ve missed it by a little. Dr Liew said that my case was not one of the worst he has seen but nevertheless, it indicated a gastrointestinal muocosal hyperpermeability (leaky gut).

In a detailed breakdown provided by the written report from the lab, it was suggested that I treat the problem with glutamine, probiotics, glucosamine, slippery elm, psyllium, glucosamine, FOS, MSN, pectin, aloe vera, antioxidants (especially vitamins ACE, carotenoids and bioflavanoids), zinc, selenium, folate, EFAs, gamma oryzanol.

Dr Liew recommended a program of 3-6 months using herbs and nutritional supplements to repair the leaky gut. Is it possible to repair a lining that already has holes, I wondered. He said that it would be possible. The only way to check is to do another test some months later.
He suggested that I continue to give up foods that have been known to be tied to eczema like spicy foods, highly fried foods, strawberries, plums, eggs, milk, wheat and pork. I’ve already pared down my diet somewhat and have reduced drastically my consumption of wheat and wheat-related products in the past month. So I was fine to continue my efforts in an avoidance diet. (It’s also hard to determine which is the factor that had helped me recovered from my recent eczema flare up but I am guessing that reduced wheat had a part to play, on top of the positive affirmations that I’ve been doing.)

Dr Liew also recommended that I continue on my nutritional supplement program, comprising of EFAs, fleaseed, multi-flora, triphala and glutamine. He said his selection should cover what the written report suggested. What a relief as he has helped narrowed down the huge list to just 5 items to get for the time being!

Well, after a 2-hour consultation, I came home, laden with two bags of herbs, herbal medicine and supplements, some of which was for my family. My elder daugther, Hui, asked if I’ve gone shopping instead of seeing the doctor!

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