Some Supplements for Treating Eczema

Dear train81,
I’m sorry you are suffering so much with your eczema. I have KP which is a painless but unattractive skin condition that covers most of my body including my face(It's about 70% better now then it use to be). I only mention my KP because in my attempt to find a treatment I have learned a lot about other skin conditions.

Some researchers believe that eczema, KP, psoriasis, allergies, heart disease, and many other conditionings including surprisingly dyslexia and ADD, are inflammatory disorders where your body is having an immune overreaction. The reasons for these hyper-immune responses are most likely dietary (i.e. food allergies and imbalanced nutrition), or the build up of toxins in the body.

There are several supplements that may be worth your while to research and use.

Omega 3- available in pharmaceutical grade fish oil, and flaxseed oil. Omega 3 is powerful anti-inflammatory. There is a lot of information on the web about how and why omega 3 works. Just Google “omega 3 and eczema.” I have had a lot of personal success with this supplement.

Zinc- zinc deficiency is very common and can manifest in a number of skin conditions. The majority of eczema sufferers have zinc levels that are much lower than average. Zinc has been used to treat Acne and to reduce scaring and healing time after surgeries. Unfortunately zinc supplementation for eczema has been studied, producing no positive results. However, the results of these studies should be taken with a grain of salt, because they used a very low dosage over a short period of time.

Oolong tea- is another anti-inflammatory, and its effects on eczema were studied in Japan. 64% of the study’s participants saw improvement in their eczema after 1 month. I made a tincture of oolong tea which has helped reduce the redness of my KP. Here is a link to the study.



I have taken all of these supplements and I have seen a lot of improvement in my skin condition because of them. I recently started internal body cleansing (which for me has been a slow process), and now I feel like, instead of treating my condition, I am truly healing(my skin looks worse now then when I was just taking the supplements-but I think that’s just part of the process).

I hope that if you decide to try these supplements they bring you fast relief. For me they were a great quick fix. Don’t give up the answers out there. Lots of love- Kat

 

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