Jun
5
Herbal Remedies Used By An Eczema Sufferer
Filed Under Eczema Treatment, Natural Eczema Treatment, Herbal Remedy For Eczema | 2 Comments
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
Mar
13
Study On TCM Herbal Medicine Indicates Reduced Eczema Symptoms
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A combination of TCM herbs may hold the secret to reducing your need for steroid creams. A study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong was recently done on the effects of a traditional herbal formulation on 85 patients aged between five and 21 with atopic eczema. The results indicated that quality of life improved by a third in the group taking the herbs, with a reduced need for topical steroids. This was compared to no improvement in the placebo-treated group.
The formulation capsules contain extracts of five raw herbs – Japanese honeysuckle, peppermint, root bark of peony tree, underground stem of the atractylodes herb and Amur cork-tree bark. Don’t ask me what these are, other than the peppermint, or how the combination of herbs is supposed to work. In fact, only someone trained in TCM and herbal medicine would. Then again, I’m not sure if any TCM practitioner out there will be prescribing the same formulation. The results from the study appear promising but may just be too prelimnary or too small a scale, for any definitive conclusion.
In any case, if you are considering going herbal for your eczema symptoms, it is important that you should never self medicate but to always check with someone who is skilled and knowledgeable about them. While herbs are natural, some of them can bring about certain side effects and can be dangerous, especially if you take them at the same time as your western medication. Hence, do your necessary consultation with a healthcare practitioner before attempting anything new and let him or her know about the drugs that you are currently taking.
Source of News: Nursingtimes.net/news/breakingnews/2008/03/
