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

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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