Holistic Eczema Treament Help

Get her tested for food sensitivities, and concentrate on healing her gut.

Tests can include the IgE scratch tests, IgG blood testing, and even the IgA fecal tests.

Healing should include probiotics and pre-biotics and a diet low sugar and refined carbs (think about whole, fresh, non-processed foods).

Of all foods I'd try blindly eliminating, it would be gluten and dairy, but really, it could be anything, even something like eggs, or beans... which is why testing really is the best way to go.

Supplements that may help are fish oil, ginger, and boswellia.

See an MD specializing in integrative medicine.

Although this post is about dairy and the brain, it talks about various tests and the gut: http://itsnotmental.blogspot.com/2011/08/brain-health-cut...

Try some vinegar in a bath. I think either white or apple cider will work. This should help stop the itching and clean it just as well as an antibiotic.

For the scratch, so neosporin and a bandaid.
For the blotches, try Aquaphor lotion or Aveeno Baby Calming lotion

For the eczema, what has worked best for my kids was that we had the water tested and installed a whole house water softener. We just had to upgrade because our 8y one broke. The cost was around $3000. We've had one for around 10y. When we moved, it came with us! To me tho, it was worth it. The system filters all of the water, so we get great drinking water from any tap! We do have to buy bags of salt every so often, at around a bag a month ($7)

This has happened to my husband (he has had severe eczema all his life) a few times, and it sounds like your daughter has an infection, if it's spreading. Check the area. If it's hot to the touch, or oozing anything, or the edges of the splotches appear to be spreading, she needs antibiotics, and don't wait. Skin infections can turn serious.

We have not found a single holistic treatment that has worked for my husband's eczema, and we have tried lots. The only thing that works is steroid cream during flare-ups, antibiotic ointments with infections, and a daily anti-histamine. And, of course, daily moisturizing with heavy-duty moisturizers. Aqua-phor and CeraVe cream were the ones recommended by our allergist/dermatologist.

I have eczema on my leg also so I feel her pain. I did use a steroid cream to initially start the healing but have found 2 things: eczema is an allergy symptom - so daily allergy meds will help control the itching and you HAVE to keep the area moisturized. It's the dry skin that intensifies the itching. Apply a moisturizer with an ant-itch factor such as Lubriderm at least twice a day. More if you can remember to. That helps me a lot. I also started trying pure glycerin yesterday to see if that helps. Another thing that makes it itch badly is if my legs begin to sweat. I live in San Antonio so we get some pretty hot, humid weather. That can really make it bad. Hope this helps.

My son had eczema as a baby. We eliminated dairy at 2 and it all went away. We also give him a bit of Nordic Naturals fish oil (you need to get the really good purified stuff) and include coconut oil in his diet. Dairy, wheat, eggs, ect are often major culprits in eczema. At this point though, because it is so bad, you may need to do the antibiotic and steroid cream just to heal her and then holistically prevent the eczema from coming back. Also, we give my son probiotics a couple times a week because things like bananas are very constipating. Does your daughter have fair skin and red hair? My husband does and he has a couple little patch that flairs up. I think some of it is genetic so matter what you do.

I've recently read that food intolerences/sensitivities could be the cause of eczema. The major causes are gluten and dairy, more specifically casein (found in dairy products). There are a few others as well, such as additives (found in processed foods) and yeast sensitivity. You could try eliminating these from you daughters diet one at a time and see if her eczema improves.

If you do a google search and research this topic, you may be able to eliminate your daughters eczema completely and holisticly. I also googled eczema holistic treatments and there are several different treatments out there that you could try. Personally I don't know if any of them work, but it's worth a try to releive your daughter's suffering.

Best wishes, I hope you get to the bottom of this and get it knocked out soon!

Eliminate what is causing the eczema. Most cases of eczema are caused by allergens. That is the ONLY thing that will cure eczema and alleviate the aggravation- otherwise, you'll need to use something over the counter. It's pretty miserable for her, so go with what the doc recommends.

I would take her to the doctor for the wound -- my son had one that actually turned into a Staph infection and he needed antibiotics.

BUT, we now use very natural treatments to keep his eczema from getting that bad. We put coconut oil on his whole body every night (almost -- at least after every bath). It comes in a plastic tub -- they have it at Whole Foods, and you just scoop out a chunk and warm it in your hands to soften it, or you can put the chunk in a small cup inside a larger dish filled with hot water to soften it. It does melt fairly quickly on the skin even if you don't soften it.

We also give him a DHA fish oil supplement daily (it's a liquid and tasted good he says) to help from the inside.

Good luck!

What helps my son's skin - is physical sunblock that has titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. for some reason it forms a barrier between his skin and allergens etc and keeps his skin moist and smooth. i use a tiny bit as a moisturizer sometimes even indoors to keep his skin moist and supple

My 2 year old had eczema super bad as a baby. Bright red cheeks, arm rashes etc...I have not had him allergy tested yet but I did remove dairy, soy, gluten and other of the top 10 alleregy foods with amazing results. I also Love the products on http://www.kopecnaturals.com/ . They cured a pregnacy rash I had and I do use them on my boy. (I also like California baby candula cream but it was not very effective.) BTW I have no relationship with Kopec products just thought they were amazing.

Are you sure it's eczema and not poison ivy?
You could try jewelweed salve on it.
Google it and you'll find plenty of places that sell it.

an open wound with eczema requires antibiotics, even if you don't want them, so get in....

you need to remove all irritants/allergens. for my son, this means almost every shampoo/soap on the planet. California baby sensitive skin and aveeno baby (he's almost 11!). even the organic ones cause break outs.

that also means laundry products. we use all free and clear, no dryer sheets, no softener. softeners are actually quite horrible on the skin. vinegar works very well as a softener and removes soap residue too. do a double rinse on the laundry too.

get rid of anything with a "scent". plug-ins will cause flare ups in my son. scents in cleaners are a culprit also. again, vinegar is fabulous - it disinfects as well as most cleaners. baking soda works for any powdered cleaner.

you'll probably have to just do the meds to get her skin cleared up. then approach holistically keeping it cleared up. antihistamines work better than steroid creams to clear it up. as other posters have said, eczema is typically the immune system overacting like it does with allergies.

i'd try environment before eliminating foods. it's easier to keep your house chemical free than eliminate foods out in the world of school and friends' houses.

I had a lot of eczema when I was little, and a few flare-ups since then. The most natural way that helped (kinda odd) was after a bath or shower - or wiping down affected area with a wet washcloth - slather on a little bit of Crisco, or something of that nature. Good luck!!!

Your poor little girl! How miserable. My absolute favorite skin healing product is suuthe's Skin Repair. It's all food grade and it really WORKS. I used it on every diaper change for my daughter (she would eat it while I put it on her - good for the inside too!). Skin Repair came to be because of a serious case of pediatric eczema. www.suuthe.com.

I know my pediatrician has recommended gentle creams like cetaphil and cerave. Anything will oatmeal will soothe and relieve as well.

What works for my daughters eczema is California Baby Calendula Cream, usually takes the redness away in a day and once the rash is controlled I start using Aquaphor on it till it's gone. Usually the flair up is from a food allergy, strawberries do it and sometimes grapes. So, see if anything has changed in her diet. An allergy to something is the main cause of eczema, finding what it is is the hard part.

My son (now six ) has eczema, I had I tried everything, he was also low on the charts in the single digit percentiles. Finally, I went to the allergist and found that it was a food allergy (he is allergic to both soy and corn) besides causing the eczema it was effecting his food asorbtion.. since we changed his diet he has grown 4 inches (in less than a year and the eczema is practically gone.. If he eats the wrong foods he gets flare ups. Also the allergist suggest that when he does get flare-ups to clean and then seal it with Vaseline. She said to avoid hot water it will aggravate the eczema.. but vaseline really works and is very cheap! Good luck!

We swear by Arbonne Shea Butter Lotion. My dad, my aunt, myself, and two of my friend's kids have eczema and this lotion took it away. You have to get it through a consultant though so let me know if you need a contact.

Good luck!

P.S. One last tip, be sure you check the labels of anything you decide to try, most lotions, even medical prescriptions have mineral oil and/or lanolin in them which will irritate eczema. Learned that the hard way.