Eczema is the skin inflammation with itchiness,bump, rash, redness or even blisters on the surface of the skin.
Common Symptoms:
- Skin inflammation on surface
- Intense itching
- Red rash with bumps
- Flaky skin
Common Causes:
- High saturated fat meat products consumption
- Stress
- Skin Allergies due to direct contact of jewelry or fabric
- Use of Cosmetic products with chemicals
- High Chlorine in tap water
Home Remedies:
- Coconut Oil with Lavender
- Mix natural organic cold pressed coconut oil with a drop of Lavender oil and apply it on the skin before bed
- Apply Primrose oil in the affected area
- Oatmeal Bath
- Soak in a bath tub with oatmeal mixed in luke warm water. This helps with skin itch.
- Probiotics
- Consume food high in Probiotics. Yogurt, Kefir and naturally fermented food and drinks are high in Probiotics.
- Humidify the air
- If the room is hot and dry, use humidifier or keep a bowl of water in an open container to moisturise the air
- Apply Aloe Vera gel or cream
Natural food Supplements:
- Vitamin B Complex
- Magnesium
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin E
- Zinc
Vitamin B Complex rich food:
- Potato, with skin, cooked
- Carrot juice
- Balsam-pear/bitter gourd, bitter melon, cooked
- Durian
- Prune juice
- Avocado
- Cereal
- Legumes (dried beans, peas and lentils)
- Chickpeas/garbanzo beans, cooked
- Soybeans, mature, cooked
- Beans, pinto, cooked
- Lentils, cooked
- Sunflower seeds, without shell
Magnesium Rich Food:
- Spinach
- Swiss chard, cooked
- Soy beans, cooked
- Okra, cooked
- Cereals
- Quinoa, cooked
- Legumes (dried beans, peas and lentils), cooked
- Peas, cooked
- White kidney Beans
- chickpeas
- Lentils, cooked
- Pumpkin seed
- Brazil nuts
- Sunflower seed
- Almonds
- Cashews
- Pine nuts
- Flaxseed
- Sesame seed
- Peanuts
- Hazelnuts
Vitamin C rich food:
- Peppers
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Brussels sprouts
- Cauliflower
- Kale
- Bok Choy
- Asparagus
- Turnip greens
- Tomato
- Guava
- Kiwifruit
- Orange
- Grapefruit
- Cantaloupe
- Avocado
Vitamin E rich food:
- Spinach
- Dandelion greens, raw
- Tomato sauce
- Swiss chard, cooked
- Turnip greens, cooked
- Pepper, red
- Avocado
- Grains Products
- Cereal, wheat germ, toasted
- Milk and Alternatives
- Nuts and Seeds
- Almonds
- Sunflower seeds
- Hazelnuts
- Peanuts
- Pine nuts
- Brazil nuts
Zinc rich food:
- Wheat germ
- Cereal
- Wild rice, cooked
- Cheese
- Plain Yogurt
- Plain Greek yogurt
- Milk
- Pumpkin or squash seeds
- Baked beans, cooked
- Nuts
- Lentils, cooked
- Dried peas, cooked
- Sunflower seed
NOTE: Natural Remedies are NOT a substitute for proper doctor’s diagnosis or medication. It may or may not have medicinal properties that treat or cure the disease or ailment in question.