Eczema treatment?

natural teatmentsEczema treatment?
Dermatitis, also called eczema, is an inflammation of the skin. There are different types of dermatitis, and the disorder can have many causes and occur in many forms. Generally, dermatitis describes swollen, reddened and itchy skin.





These steps can help you manage dermatitis:





Avoid scratching whenever possible. Cover the itchy area with a dressing, if you can't keep from scratching it. Trim nails and wear gloves at night.





Dress appropriately. Doing so may help you avoid excessive sweating.





Wear smooth-textured cotton clothing. This will help you avoid irritation.





Avoid other irritants. These include wool carpeting, bedding and


clothes, and harsh soaps and detergents.Eczema treatment?
Eczema is a form of dermatitis, or inflammation of the upper layers of the skin. The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent or recurring skin rashes characterized by redness, skin edema, itching and dryness, with possible crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking, oozing or bleeding. Areas of temporary skin discoloration sometimes characterize healed lesions, though scarring is rare











Moisturizing


Dermatitis severely dries out the skin, and keeping the affected area moistened can promote healing and retain natural moisture. This is the most important self-care treatment that one can use in atopic eczema.





The use of anything that may dry out the skin should be discontinued and this includes both normal soaps and bubble baths that remove the natural oils from the skin.





The moistening agents are called 'emollients'. The rule to use is: match the thicker ointments to the driest, flakiest skin. Light emollients like Aqueous cream may dry the skin if it is very flaky.





Emollient bath oils should be added to bath water and then suitable agents applied after patting the skin dry. Generally twice daily applications of emollients work best and while creams are easy to apply, they are quickly absorbed into the skin, therefore needing frequent re-application. Ointments, with less water content, stay on the skin for longer and need fewer applications.





Typical emollients are: Oilatum or Balneum bath oils, Medi Oil, Aqueous cream for washing with, Diprobase or Doublebase pump-action creams also used for washing and may be later applied directly to the skin.Sebexol, Epaderm ointment and Eucerin lotion or cream may be helpful with itching. Moisturizing gloves can be worn while sleeping.





As an alternative to wet-wrap therapy for rehydrating unbroken skin direct application of water-proof tape for an extended period, with or without other medicinal balms, can stop dryness and prevent mechanical abrasions of the itch-cycle and reduce lichenification.





One alternative treatment, fashionable in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, was Sulphur. Recently Sulphur has re-gained some credibilty as a safe alternative to steroids and coal tar.
Homeopathic Natural Treatment(s) for Eczema :-





Acute; eruptions with tendency to scale formation Rhus Tox 30 or 200, 3 hourly (3 Doses)





Weeping; with cracks, sticky discharge; stools constipated Graphites 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





At the borders of hair; raw, red and inflammted; worse eating salt or at seashore Natrum Mur 30 or 200, 4 hourly(3 Doses)





Due to staphylococcus or streptococcus infection Sulphuric Acid 30, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





With yellowish pus; worse by heat, better by cold, open air Pulsatilla 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





Dry and scaly eruptions; worse on scalp and face; worse by warmth of bed. Thin, fetid, excoriating discharge; looks dirty Psorinum 200, 10 min (3 Doses)





Eczema of beard; watery, oozing with itching; worse by washing Arsenic Iodide 30, 3 hourly (3 Doses)





With thick crusts; of head, ears, face and body; scratching changes location of itching Staphysagria 30 or 200, 3 hourly (3 Doses)





With digestive, liver or urinary disorders; skin becomes thick and indurated Lycopodium 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





Of fingers and toes eruptions like variola; with loss of nails Borax 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





At hair margins; eruptions like variola Hydrastis Can 30 , 4 hourly (3 Doses)





Without itching; exudation forms into a hard, lemon coloured crust Cicuta V 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





Chronic with irritation; worse by warmth of bed at night Sulphur 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





With redness; irritability and anxiety; unquenchable thirst Arsenic Album 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





Weeping; in the bend of elbows and knees; foul breath Mercurius Sol 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





After Mercurius Sol; pustular; sensitive patient; better by warmth; worse by cold Hepar Sulph 30 or 200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)





Eczema on the palms; blisters; burning and intense itching Ranun Bulb 30, 4 hourly (3 Doses)








Totally free from side effects or complications. Feel free to ask me if your symptoms are not given here or if you want to ask or clarify anything.





Take Care and God Bless You !