| Atopic eczema is very common and often environmental factors or certain foods trigger it. This means that your immune system maybe over reacting to some irritant such as washing powder, dust mites, animal dander etc or you may be having an allergic reaction to some food you are eating. This sometime happens spontaneously for no apparent reason. People who have other allergies like hay fever can be more prone to this than others. The conventional approach is steroid creams to help reduce inflammation along with antifungal cream and antibiotics if there is infection. Alternatively you could try and identify the offending substance and exclude it from your diet or environment. However you could help yourself by taking evening primrose oil and omega 3 along with Zinc and a whole B complex as a dietary supplement. Fish oils have been shown to help reduce inflammation in eczema so eat more oily fish. It will help if you can exclude all dairy produce, margarine, vegetable oils, meat and refined and processed foods from your diet for at least a month. Drink plenty of water with a squeeze of lemon juice in it to help alkalize your system. Sometimes and over production of Candida can make you more susceptible to eczema so take some high potency probiotics and remove sugar from your diet as this will reduce yeast growth and will in turn benefit your immune system. Homoeopathically Sulphur is a good remedy for warm people who have itchy skin worse heat so try some 3 times daily in the 12x strength. This may help in the short term but in order to address the deeper issues you would need constitutional treatment from a homoeopath. Chickweed cream applied to the skin is both healing and anti-itching and nettle tincture taken in water can help clean the blood and reduce allergic reactions. Primrose oil with a few drop of Ti Tree essential oil is antifungal and antiseptic so use this mix after washing. Calendula tincture diluted with water is a great cleanser and antibacterial so can be dabbed on to broken skin before applying oil or cream. It is important to keep the skin supple and nourished to prevent dehydration. Breathing and meditation exercises will help you relax, detox and energize the body so practice for 10minutes twice daily.
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