Nov
13
If you have to deal with the pains of eczema, you will be all too aware of the misery that it can cause. However, a remedy might have been found in the shape of Chinese healing herbs.
New research results, presented at the yearly meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, suggest that orthodox Chinese herbal treatments might be of assistance in treating of eczema sufferers.
In an effort to evaluate patient worries about whether a non-western approach is beneficial, and is safe, medical researcher Julia Wisniewski, MD, of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York studied 14 young people who had persistent eczema and were treated using traditional Chinese medicine between August 2006 and May 2008.
Each of the children drank Erka Shizheng Herbal Tea twice daily, soaked in an herbal bath for a minimum of 20 minutes, and rubbed herbal cream on their skin several times a day. They also had acupuncture treatments.
At the start of the study, over half had severe symptoms, 8 months later, the majority had just mild symptoms. Participants also needed a smaller amount of medication (steroids, antibiotics and antihistamines) after just three months of the start of the treatment.
These herbal treatments were safe, and resulted in no abnormal liver or kidney function.
As for adult eczema, a group of Japanese researchers learned that grown ups can also reap the benefits of Chinese medicine. Their work was based around 274 men and women who had suffered with eczema for around 12 years on average. About 30% had symptoms that were categorized as severe or very severe.
Following three to four months of treatment with herbal remedies which had been selected based on the subject’s symptoms, around 85% were free from eczema symptoms. Another 10% were said to be very much improved.
Therefore, while more work is required, these studies offer promising results and indicate that, as an eczema sufferer, you should at least be considering the use of Chinese treatments and healing herbs.
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