subject: 5 Home Remedies For Treating Eczema [print this page] It can leave your skin feeling hot and itchy, dry and flaky, and you will experience a lot of other unpleasant symptoms. Eczema flare ups can occur for many reasons, and to fight it you need an effective treatment.
Drinking water - It is always important to drink a lot of water as it is good for your health and re-hydrates the skin. This could help to solve some of the dryness that is involved with eczema.
So instead of wool clothes, give your baby cotton clothes! Because cotton unlike wool is a very soft, smooth and itchy free material. It will ease the itchiness caused by the disease. And your baby will feel the different instantly and so will you!
Coconut oil and a camphor and sandalwood paste are two substances that can be applied directly to your skin to give you the relief you're looking for. To make the paste, simply mix 1 tsp. each of the camphor and sandalwood and then apply directly to the affected area. Coconut oil is wonderful for the skin and will help to make skin softer and keep it that way. You can also try applying spearmint leaf juice to affected areas.
Make a paste of camphor and sandalwood, one teaspoon each. Apply this paste twice a day for a week to treat eczema.
Check the bath products you are using that can irritate and dry your skin such as bubble baths. Bath oils are generally advisable. Dietary changes mean avoiding foods that potentially trigger the symptoms. It is also best to drink a lot of water and eat foods rich in Omega 3. Also wearing cotton clothes, not abrasive fabrics, help a lot. Good hygiene is also essential. Plus, if you have eczema, it is not advisable to use conventional soap because of its drying qualities. Also keep your nails short and your hands clean. This helps avoid infection and thus, the spreading of it. Use peanut oil or coconut oil to deal with the flare-ups.
Application of mud pack is also a convenient home remedy for eczema. It cleans up your skin better than most of the artificial skin cleaning products. You may add a bit of coconut oil too and make an effective paste. Alternatively, leaf juice of spearmint can also be added to the mudpack. However, regardless of what you add, do take care that the mud pack has at least some moisturizing element present in it. This is because mud packs can cause extreme dryness of the skin making things actually worse than before for an eczema patient.
