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Natural Home Remedies for Eczema That Work

By Joshua Rogers   Section: Home Remedies

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EczemaEczema is an irritating skin disease that ranges from continual, itchy mild rashes to raging extreme flare-ups with open, oozing sores that need bandaging. It is frequently credited to some form of food or airborne allergy and could be minimized by determining the allergens and adjusting accordingly. There are many natural home remedies for eczema out there, but getting smart about what sort of food one eats can help significantly, too. Removing chemically sprayed vegetables and fruits, artificial sweeteners, processed foods, junk food, and sugars from our diets go a long way toward treating chronic health issues of any sort, including skin conditions.

Adding moderate exercise and reducing the amount of stress one experiences has also proven to be powerful. Having said that, excessive perspiration can exacerbate eczema in certain individuals. So whenever possible shower instantly afterward perspiration or try to reduce being in situations that will make you perspire too much.

Topical Options

Keep Skin Moist
Eczema causes dry, itchy skin that’s uncomfortable and irritating. A good treatment would be to maintain your skin so that it avoids any dryness. This will reduce the symptoms of eczema and make it simpler for the skin to beat it, and it will fight the skin discomfort. Moisturizing creams or lotions can be utilized as required during the day, and you should likewise utilize a humidifier in your house to keep the air humid. Dry air can zap the moisture out of the skin and make your eczema that much worse.

Oatmeal Bath
An effective way to deal with eczema is getting into a warm bath with about 1/2 a cup of oatmeal in the bath water. You may also use baking soda and even very small amounts of bleach. Bleach can be powerful as it works to kill microorganisms on your own skin which can be exacerbating the symptoms and existence of eczema.

Wet Wrapping Treatment
It might be that your skin needs a boost of wetness if it appears that nothing is alleviating your dry, itchy skin. Based on an article printed in the “British Journal of Dermatology” in 2000, studies demonstrated that wet wrapping treatment can rehydrate and calm your skin.

First, pat the skin dry after you have finished bathing. As the skin may be irritated by this, be careful not to rub dry. Rub some lotion or moisturizing cream on and then wrap the skin in dampened bandages. Trap in the wetness by using a dry wrap around the wet ones. The bandages should stay on through the entire evening while you’re sleeping. Take them off when you wake up.

Wet wrapping treatment will help reduce inflammation as well as redness, rehydrate the skin, lower itching, reduce staph bacteria found on the skin and supply a more restful slumber.

Eliminate Eczema Triggers
When eczema results from allergies the best thing to do is recognize the reason for your allergies and eliminate the source. Some typical causes of eczema may keep the eczema active regardless of its source. When skin is exposed to accelerated or abrupt changes in temperature eczema occasionally develops. Whether this could be the reason for your eczema, attempt to maintain the temperature and atmosphere so that it stays consistent until the skin clears. Anxiety can also cause an eczema flare-up, and must be avoided if possible. You should also prevent direct contact between the skin and wool, as wool can dry and irritate skin. In addition, harsh soaps that use a lot of chemicals can trigger eczema and must be avoided too.

Herbs To Help With Eczema

Flax Seed
In “Healing Without Medication,” Dr. Robert Rister clarifies that lots of individuals who suffer from eczema have a lack of omega-3 fatty acids. Due to this lack, the body becomes inflamed, and skin does not create enough prostaglandin E1 or cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). This causes the immune system to quickly replace them and destroy healthy skin cells. Rister proposes supplementing with fish oil, a wealthy supply of omega – 3 essential fatty acids. However, there’s an alternative: flax seed. Flax seed also features high amounts of linoleic acid, which your skin can change to omega-3.

Evening Primrose Oil
This herb contains gammalinolenic acid (GLA). And GLA has an effect on your skin (a good effect). Based on Dr. David Kiefer, evening primrose oil and topical creams containing the herb have been shown to alleviate the symptoms of eczema.

Calendula
Calendula has soothing and antiseptic anti-inflammatory properties, and can reduce discomfort and redness. You can use it twice daily and buy calendula creme, or pour a cup of boiling water over 2 teaspoons of calendula flowers and allow them steep for 2 minutes. Soak a fabric with the liquid and use it by applying it to the inflamed skin.

Burdock Root
Burdock root is generally used to treat skin diseases. If burdock oil is used directly on the skin, it alleviates itching skin. Balch and Stengler propose taking 1ml of the herb with each meal. Taken orally, burdock root helps the liver and digestive tract and cleanses toxins from the body.

Licorice Root
In “Healing Without Medication,” Rister clarifies that the glycyrrhetinic acid in licorice root has an impact on eczema that’s similar to hydrocortisone. According to the “PDR for Herbal Medicines,” licorice root shouldn’t be used for longer than six months due to the hypertensive effects.

Chamomile
Chamomile external cream could be almost as successful in treating eczema as hydrocortisone cream. Healing is promoted by chamomile topical cream while alleviating burning and itching, based on the University of Maryland Medical Center.

St. John’s Wort
St. John’s wort creme can also aid in treating eczema, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. St. John’s wort comprises hypericin, something that might have anti-inflammatory properties. The research found that St. John’s wort cream significantly reduced eczema symptoms.

Witch Hazel
Topical lotions made with witch hazel can efficiently manage eczema. As the liquid form can comfort the oozing of eczema, witch hazel lotion can relieve itching, says the UMMC.

Cleanse With an Herbal Laxative
Lastly, something that helps many people with the issue of eczema is cleaning out their intestinal system. Toxins can often build up in our bodies over time, and with no where to go the body will try to push them out through the skin. For something like this you should try an herbal laxative that also cleanses your intestines. I’d recommend taking psyllium hulls together with either marshmallow root, slippery elm bark, or cascara sagrada. There are some combination herbs that mix all 3 of those, as well. Cleansing in this way for 1-3 months can often help to clear up our skin quite well, not to mention the boost to our overall health.

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  1. Anthony Turner says

    June 15, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    Carrots are also really good for eczema. Try boiling them, mashing them and applying them to the eczema. Then wash off after 15 minutes. It should help.

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