Eczema: Treatment & Prevention

Suffering with itchy, inflamed skin? Eczema is no fun, and it may be linked to asthma and hay fever.

Springtime and stress are a bad combination for eczema.

Other triggers: washing powders, paint, shampoos, house dust, animal fur, soaps perfumes... all of which we are in contact with non-stop during the house bound, isolation times.

Specific individual food intolerances, gut issues such as leaky gut and deficient immune system may also be involved in eczema.

What to avoid:
Dairy, citrus, chocolate, alcohol, gluten, peanuts, tomatoes, coffee/tea, pesticides, preservatives and food colourings

What helps:
Calendula - helps clear and control chronic cases; works well with aloe Vera and Manuka honey
Evening Primrose oil - clears redness and prevents skin damage; better to combine with flax seeds or fish oils
Licorice root - effective in creams
Probiotics - helps also with gut issues
Vit E - 400IU daily shows significant improvements
Zinc - eczema sufferers are usually deficient, 20mg daily is effective
Vit A - helps skin healing (check my post on vit A)
Nettle - helps with itching via it’s anti-histamine effect
Reduce stress - try yoga/meditation/ tai chi and exercise but make sure not to sweat too much