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Question by lorraine w: can a homeopath cure eczema?
my boyfriend has eczema, it gets more itchy by night, he has being attending a homeopath for about 12 months now and at first it worked for about 6 weeks, but then it came back. she changed the treatment after that it seemed to move from the rest of the body to just the feet and there has been open wounds on the feet since which are weeping puss. when he questioned this she told him it was just all the treatments he has used in the past getting out of his system and once these were gone he would never suffer from the eczema again. hes a long way down the line now and has stuck to everything she tells him to do but he seems to be getting another breakout again.

has anyone ever heard of eczema being cured by homeopathic treatments before cause he’s tempted to go back to his doctor to get some relief as he has spent many night awake just scratching his feet for the night. or if anyone can recommend any other treatments i’d be greatful for the help,

thanks
it doesnt seem to be an infection, he has had it checked out by a nurse just in case, it only really weeps badly when he wakes in the morning cause he’s been scratching all night.

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He needs to see a REAL doctor.

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  1. the_only_solorose
    December 21st, 2010 at 02:00 | #1

    frankly I have always thought that homeopathy and medicine should work hand it hand, not as competitors, one practise can enhance the other…IF I were your boyfriend, I’d go back to the doctor.

  2. Elaine P
    December 21st, 2010 at 02:20 | #2

    I’ve personally never heard of the condition being treated by homeopathic medicine. In your friend’s case, it definitely isn’t working. He needs to go back to the doctor, who can at least give him medication to ease his suffering.

  3. nashvilleguy1961
    December 21st, 2010 at 03:07 | #3

    Are you kidding here? He’s that miserable, and just “tempted” to go back to the doctor? He needs to go to the doctor, get a cortizone shot, maybe a little 2% cream.

  4. Emmer
    December 21st, 2010 at 03:41 | #4

    my little 4 year old cousin has terrible eczema on her legs, chest, and arms. she goes to a homeopath, and it is working fairly well. she is on some very random diets, including yeast-free, and other stuff, like not eating artificial sugar (candy) it worked for her, but it’s still so bad and red. i have eczema too, and i’ve had the whole weeping pus, and nighttime itching bit. if he goes to the doctor, tell him to ask the doc for some elocom cream, and some impruv. the elocom is the medicinal stuff, and impruv is a cream that heals the skin, and helps it to b able to absorb the medicine and to heal. another thing, is, if your bf jogs, tell him to stop, cuz when eczema sweats, it gets worse and worse, and that’s where the weeping starts up.

  5. Diane L
    December 21st, 2010 at 03:47 | #5

    If homeopathy has worked for him on this it should continue, it will do a reversal of symptoms as he has had them.

    Seeing a MD is suppressive therapy just keep that in mind it doesn’t get rid of the problem where homeopathy has the possibility to do that, it sounds like it is doing that for him.

    I have done homeopathy, what worked most for me was the use of cell salts to replace mineral lacks. You might want to look into that as well. I am on homeopathy treatment myself right now. I have gone to a homeopathic doctor, he never hit on anything that was helpful. I go to a Naturopath now and it is the most help I’ve gotten. She does muscle testing before adding any supplement or remedy to test if it will be helpful to me, I never buy anything that will not be helpful. One remedy I really like is flower essences, you may want to look into that too.

    I have used this a lot for itching, put on part water and part white vinegar and the itching will calm down some.

    Diane

  6. iluvtorofl
    December 21st, 2010 at 04:26 | #6

    If he has infected areas, he should go to a doctor for a round of antibiotics. He doesn’t want to loose his feet or legs to an infection. Infections are very serious and if they travel to his heart, they could even cost him his life. Talk him into getting some antibiotics if at all possible. And it wouldn’t even hurt to check his blood sugar levels.

    Most people believe eczema is an auto-immune disease. If the homeopath is treating him with things and lifestyles that help with allergies then she is probably helping him.

    My last thought would be about her possibly using those foot pad things at night? Has he been doing that? If he has, they may actually be causing the infection. I am not sure what they are called, but they look like big tea bags and are supposed to drain the “poisons” from your system through the bottom of your feet. Is he using those? Are they causing this problem?

    If this were me……. I would go to a doctor. I do believe in homeopathic approaches at times, but when it comes to an infection, it is just not worth the risk of not treating it. Aspirin might also help with the itching. And he might try some anti-fungus cremes too. Finally, the doctor could prescribe some steroids if he chooses to go that route. At least get the antibiotics.

  7. kwbshoney
    December 21st, 2010 at 04:39 | #7

    IF HE HAS OPEN SORES DRAINING PUS ON HIS HEELS HE NEEDS TO GET TO HIS REGULAR DR OR EVEN AN EMERGENCY ROOM NOW AS SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS AN INFECTION GOING ON AND PROB NEEDS SOME ANTIBIOTICS.

  8. amembal4444
    December 21st, 2010 at 05:22 | #8

    When treating eczema with a homeopathic remedy, patients should continue taking the remedy until they notice an improvement. Once the skin begins to improve, stop taking the remedy. If however, the skin worsens after taking the remedy, stop using it and consult your practitioner.

    Treatment
    The following is a list of suggested homeopathic treatments for eczema. This is in no way exhaustive and patients should always consult a practitioner as to the dose and combination of the treatments.

    *Graphites: used if patches of eczema are moist and oozing, with a clear or slightly yellow discharge.
    *Mezereum: to be used if eczema is infected and oozing and if it is particularly bad on the scalp.
    *Psorinum: is helpful if the eczema is worse on the legs.
    *Rhus toxicodendron: This remedy is for the person who feels better with warmth. It is good for the dry, itchy areas in the folds of joints, which are usually accompanied by small blisters on the skin.
    *Sulfur: if you feel better exposing your skin to the air, dislike bathing, if you are sweaty and generally throw off the covers, then this remedy is better suited to you. It is for the patient who feels warm and has very, hot-looking patches of skin.
    *Calendula: used for wet and weeping eczema. Usually given in a homeopathic cream and applied directly to the area.
    *Urtica urens: comes as an ointment or gel and is used for dry and scaly eczema, to elevate the dryness.
    *Vinca minor: helpful for skin that is red, sensitive, sore and itching intensely.
    *Bach Flower Remedies: Rescue remedy is available in an ointment form that is soothing and helpful for dry eczema.
    *General Recommendations
    ·>Try to reduce itching as much as possible and therefore reduce scratching. When eczema is scratched it causes the skin cells to reproduce rapidly thus leading to the eczema patches spreading. This then makes the condition much more difficult to control. A cool compress applied to the affected area can decrease the itching quickly as can an Oatmeal bath.
    >Oatmeal bath – Firstly, wrap a cup of oatmeal in a clean clothe to form a bag. Put this bag under a running tap and swish it through the bath water. Next, squeeze and rub the wet bag over the skin. Oatmeal can be very soothing to dry and inflamed skin.
    ·>Try not to dry the skin out. Avoid long baths and showers as they can easily remove vital, natural oils from your skin. Moisture can be locked into the skin by applying a non-allergenic cream or lotion after washing.
    ·>Try to expose affected areas of skin to the air as much as possible. Lengthy exposure to sunlight should be avoided as this will have a detrimental affect on the eczema, but 30 minutes in the sun can help to reduce inflammation.
    > Try to wear soft cotton clothing and try to make sure that it is soap free. A second rinse of clothes, towels and washcloths may be useful, as would a non-biological, gentle detergent.
    > Try to consider possible food and environmental allergens.
    ·>Try to reduce everyday stress and the stress of the condition by relaxing and mediating when possible.

    It may take between one to two years to achieve a substantial result for an adult with a chronic case of eczema.
    However, it should be noted that it does not always require such a long period to see improvements in the condition, but to achieve a lasting cure does require time. Perseverance does not always guarantee success, but it vital for achieving significant improvement in a condition like eczema.

    THERE ARE MANY HOME REMEDIES FOR TREATING ECZEMA YOU MAY TRY THEM TOO.

    1. Add 1 teaspoon camphor to 1 teaspoon sandalwood paste and apply on the affected areas.

    2. Rub a nutmeg (hard aromatic seed of an East Indian tree) against a smooth stone slab with a little water and make a paste. Apply to affected area.

    3. Coconut oil may be applied to the portions with eczema. Carrot juice and spinach juice in combination is highly beneficial for eczema. Drink plenty of water and take fruit juices like orange.

    4. Ingredients:
    Instant Tea (however strong you like it)
    1 Tbsp. Vinegar
    1 Tbsp. Honey (made in your area is best)
    Mix together with water and drink all at once.

    5. Its been reported that drinking tomato juice (not the cocktail) clears up the eczema in a matter of days. If you need to, add some pepper or your favorite spice to give the juice flavor.

    6. Deficiency of vitamin B6 may also cause eczema. So increase your intake of vitamin B6.

    7. Evening primrose oil can also help. It contains gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), which is what eczema sufferers need. Try skincare products with evening primrose oil, or get GLA through your diet by eating salmon two or three times a week or by eating flaxseeds (or taking flax oil capsules), which you can buy at the health food store. In a blender or clean coffee grinder, grind enough for two tablespoons a day and sprinkle on foods like cereal or potatoes. Both salmon and flaxseeds provide omega-3 fatty acids.

    8. A serving of watercress every day is said to keep eczema at bay, along with a daily drink of parsley, spinach, celery, and wheat grass.

    9. Go to your local herb shop and buy some pine tar soap. Its really great for eczema.

  9. Herbal Expert
    December 21st, 2010 at 06:07 | #9

    Even though I’m an herbalist I don’t believe in homeopathy so I’d say “No, a homeopath can’t cure eczema.”. If he were my client, I’d recommend that he talk to a dermatologist, especially if he hasn’t ever seen one for it before. Then I’d recommend that he ask that dermatologist about evening primrose oil.

    My personal opinion is that 12 months is way too long to go without some real answers. Even if it wants to treat this naturally, he needs to talk to someone else. She sounds like a quack.

  10. Tnoodle
    December 21st, 2010 at 06:38 | #10

    There is no cure. Colloidal silver, shea butter, cocoa butter… Any pure moisturizer might provide some relief…. then again, I am not a doctor. Why not try to find a doctor like I’ve got. He is a homeopathic doctor who actually has a medical degree. He was in general practice for a long time, then got really pissed at the way they taught him to overmedicate people. He got a second degree in homeopathic medicine and accupuncture. He can still do prescriptions, but he takes more time and helps try to cure it naturally first. Helluva cool guy. I am never afraid to go to the doctor, lol.

  11. Chet
    December 21st, 2010 at 07:21 | #11

    If we offered you a miracle remedy that cures “Eczema” would you buy it? Certainly you would. You won’t find it in a Pharmacy but at the Grocery Store.

    Try the Natural Cures for Eczema.

    The term ‘eczema’ is derived from a Greek word meaning ‘to boil.’ It refers to an inflammation of the skin, which results in the formation of vesicles or pustules. It is the most common and most troublesome of all skin diseases.

    Eczema is essentially a constitutional disease, resulting from a toxic condition of the system. The disease covers a wide variety of forms, the majority of them being of a chronic variety.

    Symptoms: Eczema in its acute form is indicated by redness and swelling of the skin, the formation of minute vesicles and severe heat. If the vesicles rupture, a raw, moist surface is formed. From this, a colourless discharge oozes, which forms skin crusts when it accumulates. The disease is usually worst at night when the heat of the body is retained by the bedclothes.

    The skin itches at all stages. In the wet stage, it may become infected with bacteria. The healing of the condition is affected by scratching in response to the irritation. Scratching not only spreads infection but also lengthens the stage of dryness and scaling.

    Causes: Allergies play an important part in causing eczema. Some women get eczema on their hands due to an allergy to soap or detergents used to wash clothes or dishes. Some persons develop it around the fingers when they wear rings because of allergy to metals. Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio, in a recent study of children with atrophic eczema, found that 75% were allergic to a number of foods. The most common triggers for sensitive persons are eggs, peanuts, chocolate, wheat, cow’s milk, chicken, and potato.

    The real cause of eczema, however, is the failure of the human system to excrete the poisons from the various orifices of the body. Waste matter is excreted from the rectum through stools, from the bladder through urine, from the lungs through breath and from the pores of the skin through sweat. Sometime the pores of the skin are overworked, as waste matter is not properly eliminated from the other orifices. If the pores are not given the chance to perform their normal function, the sweat will be full of morbid matter and this gives rise to skin diseases like eczema, acne, boils, and other eruptions.

    Other causes include faulty metabolism, constipation, nutritional deficiencies, and stress brought about by nagging spouses, jealousy, frustration, and a host of other emotions. Suppressive drug treatment of the formal disease is also a most potent subsidiary causative factor in many cases.

    The Cure: Skin applications to cure eczema may give temporary relief. If the exudation is suppressed, some other more serious disease may develop. The best way to deal with eczema is to cleanse the blood stream and the body.

    The treatment should start with a fast on orange juice and water from five to days, depending on the severity and duration of the trouble. Juice fasting will help eliminate toxic waste from the body and lead to substantial improvement. In some cases, the condition may worsen in the beginning of the fast due to the increased elimination of waste matter through the skin. But as fasting continues, improvement will manifest itself.

    Fruits, salt free, raw or steamed vegetables with whole meal bread or chappatis may be taken after the juice fast. Carrot and musk melon are particularly beneficial. Coconut oil may be used instead of ghee. After a few days, curd and milk may be added to the diet. The patients may thereafter gradually embark upon a well-balanced diet of three basic food groups, namely (i) seeds, nuts, and grains, (ii) vegetables, and (iii) fruits. The large proportion of the diet should consist of raw foods. Seeds and beans such as alfalfa, mung, and soyabeans can be sprouted.

    This diet may be supplemented with cold-pressed vegetable oils, honey, and yeast. Juice fasting may be repeated at intervals of two months or so, depending on the progress being made, in chronic and more difficult cases of eczema, patient should fast at least once a week till he is cured.

    The patient should avoid tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages, and all condiments and highly flavoured dishes. He should also avoid sugar, white flour products, denatured cereals like polished rice, and pearled barley and tinned or bottled foods. He should eat only pure and wholesome foods.

    Raw vegetable juices, especially carrot juice in combination with spinach juice, have proved highly beneficial in the treatment of eczema. The formula proportions considered helpful in this combination are carrot 300 mL and spinach 200 mL to make 500 mL or half a litre of juice. The patient should get as much fresh air as possible. Restrictive clothing should not be worn. 2-3 L of water should be taken daily and the patient must bath twice or thrice a day. The skin, with the exception of the parts affected with eczema, should be vigorously rubbed with the palms of the hands before taking the bath.

    Coconut oil may be applied to the portions with eczema. It will help the skin to stay soft. Walking or jogging should be resorted to in order to inactivate the bowels. Sun bathing is also beneficial as it kills the harmful bacteria and should be resorted to early in the morning, in the first light of dawn. A light mudpack should be applied over the sites of the eczema is also helpful. The pack should be applied for an hour at a time and should be repeated twice or thrice a day.

    Water Treatment: In cases of acute eczema, cold compress, or cold-wet fomentations are beneficial. The affected part should be wrapped with a thick soft cloth. The cloth should be moistened with cold water (55-60 degrees F) every 15-30 minutes for two hours at a time. The bandage should be left intact, keeping the cloth cold. There may be intensification of itching or pain initially but this will soon subside. A cold compress may be applied twice daily for a week or so.

    Hope this helps, Good Luck.

  12. swordarkeereon
    December 21st, 2010 at 08:21 | #12

    I used my homeopathy and herbal training to treat my husband’s eczema, too. And it worked at first, then stopped working. So I’d change the treatment and it would work, then it came back. He even tried traditional medication prescribed by his doctor to treat it with no luck. It turned out that it was extreme stress that was causing it. The second he quit the job he was at and found a new one that was less stressful – it cleared right up. Now, when it comes back, I know he’s stressed out. The second the stress subsides – it clears up. It’s amazing how our emotions can effect our health.

  13. MICHAEL R
    December 21st, 2010 at 08:21 | #13

    Keep in mind that to become a homeopath you do not need to take any formal education. You are also forbidden to prescribe “medication”. Does this give you a clue about their ability to diagnose, let alone cure? Let me give you an example. Since there is no licensing procedure, I hereby declare myself to be a homeopath. I have evaluated your boyfriend from here and I prescribe large quantities of whiskey. It won’t cure him but he will be too drunk to notice the shingles. I apologize for the bad taste in jokes but it is to point out the problems of dealing with untrained and unlicensed “healers”. In the 1800′s, they were called snake-oil salesmen.

  14. ecasimero
    December 21st, 2010 at 08:45 | #14

    Your boyfriend needs to see a holistic doctor.
    One who understands eczema, acidity, digestion, internal body cleanses.
    Have your boyfriend read http://www.eczemacure.info and then consult his various doctors of various schools of thought to see if any of them have a clue as to what to do to CURE him.

    Note CURE. Not just mere treatment.

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    December 21st, 2010 at 08:51 | #15

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