Eczema Treatment Information
Todd Mumford
August 13, 2007
Eczema basically is an allergic condition, affecting the skin. Medically termed Atopic Dermatisis, it appears to have a lifelong tendency to allergic conditions. Most people suffering from eczema also have asthma during some part of their lives. It affects topics people more than others, who are extra sensitive to skin irritation.
At the outset, it may be understood that eczema cannot be radically cured, though it can be reasonably controlled. Also, no singular treatment will be effective in the case of eczema. There may be multiple therapies to manage the disease while the treatment itself may have to be tailored to suit the patient. But that cannot be generalized – there are many medicines that give excellent results for all patients with various degrees of the illness. Eczema treatment normally follows the route given below…
Topical medication to soothe the itching and irritation.
Corticosteroids for reducing itching and redness of the skin.
Topical immunomodulators or TIMS that do not contain steroids but still deliver the same job more effectively.
Antihistamines (oral) for reducing the effects of an outbreak, though it may cause drowsiness and a sleepy feeling.
Antibiotics for controlling the bacteria when the eczema becomes infected.
Antifungal anti-bacterial drugs to prevent infection.
Phototherapy (treatment using light therapy) for bringing back normal skin condition.
Systemic medication for a circulatory movement of medications.
Change of food habits.
Lifestyle changes.
Environmental change.
Coal tar, PUVA (psoralen + Ultraviolet A light), chemotherapy agents.
According to Chinese principles, eczema is a skin condition in children that tends to persist into adulthood. It may affect children of any age – starting at birth or days following the birth. In Chinese medicine, life at this stage corresponds to ‘water element’ and the ‘kidney zang’. Further, the source of life is believed to begin in the kidney ‘jing’, taking around 14 years for full maturation of ‘kidney qi’.
So, if eczema is found within the very months of birth, treatment of kidney is invariably indicated. Sometimes, the first vaccination or the introduction of cow’s milk into the infant’s diet coincides with the first outbreak of the disease. According to experts, the vaccination introduces heat toxins into the system and the latter is responsible for the accumulation of phlegm.
Chinese medicine also recognizes the spleen zang as another big factor in the pathology of eczema. There is good reason to believe that a child’s digestive system is too immature to tackle the undiluted milk, causing heat toxins to block the flow of liver ‘qi’ which again is a factor in heat and phlegm stagnation. Cow’s milk, they argue, is damp and phlegm producing and is difficult to digest because of the pasteurization process. Also it is medically concocted with antibiotics, hormones and sundry additives that individually and severally create eczema conditions.
The following herb extracts are recommended for eczema treatment…
Bei Xie Shen Tang – It consists of yi yi ren (coix seed), hua shi (talcum), bei xie (hypoglauca yam), fu ling, huang bai (pheloodendron), mu danpi (mountain bark) and tong cao (tetrapanx papyriferus).
At the outset, it may be understood that eczema cannot be radically cured, though it can be reasonably controlled. Also, no singular treatment will be effective in the case of eczema. There may be multiple therapies to manage the disease while the treatment itself may have to be tailored to suit the patient. But that cannot be generalized – there are many medicines that give excellent results for all patients with various degrees of the illness. Eczema treatment normally follows the route given below…
Topical medication to soothe the itching and irritation.
Corticosteroids for reducing itching and redness of the skin.
Topical immunomodulators or TIMS that do not contain steroids but still deliver the same job more effectively.
Antihistamines (oral) for reducing the effects of an outbreak, though it may cause drowsiness and a sleepy feeling.
Antibiotics for controlling the bacteria when the eczema becomes infected.
Antifungal anti-bacterial drugs to prevent infection.
Phototherapy (treatment using light therapy) for bringing back normal skin condition.
Systemic medication for a circulatory movement of medications.
Change of food habits.
Lifestyle changes.
Environmental change.
Coal tar, PUVA (psoralen + Ultraviolet A light), chemotherapy agents.
According to Chinese principles, eczema is a skin condition in children that tends to persist into adulthood. It may affect children of any age – starting at birth or days following the birth. In Chinese medicine, life at this stage corresponds to ‘water element’ and the ‘kidney zang’. Further, the source of life is believed to begin in the kidney ‘jing’, taking around 14 years for full maturation of ‘kidney qi’.
So, if eczema is found within the very months of birth, treatment of kidney is invariably indicated. Sometimes, the first vaccination or the introduction of cow’s milk into the infant’s diet coincides with the first outbreak of the disease. According to experts, the vaccination introduces heat toxins into the system and the latter is responsible for the accumulation of phlegm.
Chinese medicine also recognizes the spleen zang as another big factor in the pathology of eczema. There is good reason to believe that a child’s digestive system is too immature to tackle the undiluted milk, causing heat toxins to block the flow of liver ‘qi’ which again is a factor in heat and phlegm stagnation. Cow’s milk, they argue, is damp and phlegm producing and is difficult to digest because of the pasteurization process. Also it is medically concocted with antibiotics, hormones and sundry additives that individually and severally create eczema conditions.
The following herb extracts are recommended for eczema treatment…
Bei Xie Shen Tang – It consists of yi yi ren (coix seed), hua shi (talcum), bei xie (hypoglauca yam), fu ling, huang bai (pheloodendron), mu danpi (mountain bark) and tong cao (tetrapanx papyriferus).
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