| The word eczema comes from Greek and means | | | | central nervous systems. To restore the proper |
| ‘boiling over’. This is an inflammation of the | | | | Omega-6 / Omega-3 balance, nutritionists recommend |
| skin and is known medically as dermatitis which is | | | | dietary supplementation of Omega-3 rich flax oil. |
| normally used to describe a reaction to an irritant | | | | Try an add evening primrose oil to your diet as it |
| that you come into contact with. Whereas eczema is | | | | contain gamma linolenic acid (GLA), an essential fatty |
| used to describe skin problems caused by factors | | | | acid hard to get in the diet that helps hair, skin and |
| within the body. The itching can be so severe that | | | | nails look healthy. |
| the person can scratch until they bleed. | | | | Burdock Root & Chamomile |
| Girls recover from 7-14 and boys 8-16 years of age. | | | | Burdock root has a long traditional and scientific role |
| Almost 50% of cases go onto develop asthma and | | | | in the treatment of eczema due to its primary active |
| or hay fever. One fifth of all children in the UK and a | | | | – inulin. This compound normalises the |
| twelfth of all adults have skin problems. When | | | | inflammatory mechanism and immune system with |
| children have eczema it’s very distressing for the | | | | these people. Chamomile contains an |
| parents with a child been unable to sleep with the | | | | anti-inflammatory compound called azulene, drinking |
| irritation, itching or inflammation. Here are some | | | | the tea can have a beneficial affect for both your |
| natural cures for eczema for some welcome relief. | | | | skin and nervous system. Some herbs have shown |
| The introduction of cow’s milk is thought to be | | | | effects superior to cortisone creams one of which is |
| one of the triggers so switch to goats milk if you | | | | liquorice. So creams made with the herb from the |
| feel it is. Goat’s milk is closer biochemically to | | | | health store as natural as possible may also help. |
| human milk and try and buy the organic variety. | | | | Grandma Vines Cider Vinegar Antiseptic Gel |
| Some practitioners advise to completely eliminate | | | | This gel is a natural product whose main ingredient is |
| dairy products as they may be an allergen triggering | | | | organic cider vinegar. The company has received |
| the condition. Having what is termed a leaky gut can | | | | hundreds of written testimonials from sufferers who |
| also cause small particles of food material to enter | | | | have been amazed by its affects. Especially the relief |
| the blood stream causing allergic responses. | | | | of the dreaded itch despite years of using prescribed |
| White blood cells from patients with eczema show | | | | medicated creams to little or no avail. My hope is that |
| decreased levels of prostaglandins, increased | | | | the gel will give both children and their parents some |
| histamine release and a decreased ability to kill | | | | relief. One of the ways that it might be working with |
| bacteria. Interestingly when the condition improves so | | | | dermatitis is because alpha hydroxy acids work |
| does the immune system. | | | | mainly as an exfoliant. |
| Magnesium | | | | They cause the cells of the epidermis to become |
| Crucial to the relief and treatment of eczema, | | | | "unglued" allowing the dead skin cells to slough off, |
| asthma and hay fever is the supplementation of the | | | | making room for regrowth of new skin. Alpha |
| diet with food state magnesium. This mineral has a | | | | hydroxy acids may even stimulate the production of |
| massive role to play in the biochemistry of allergies. | | | | collagen and elastin. Cider vinegar will help restore the |
| When high levels of magnesium are present, you | | | | proper acid/alkaline balance of the skin and kill |
| have high levels of histadine in your blood stream. | | | | bacteria that clog the pores. In all my years writing |
| Low levels of magnesium can lead to a situation | | | | on natural health I have never seen a product like |
| where histadine transforms into its more widely | | | | this both in its naturalness and effectiveness. Some |
| known sister histamine and induces an allergic | | | | people report that the product heals them within a |
| reaction. | | | | matter of hours and they have been able to throw |
| Over 70% of the people who have eczema also | | | | their other creams away. |
| have asthma. This is not surprising to practitioners of | | | | StarGate Nutrition Vitamin |
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| of years that the health of the lungs and skin is | | | | to be 16 times more effective, 5 times more utilised |
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| Essential fatty acids are critical in the production of | | | | laboratories using a number of biological studies to |
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