Comments on: Self Help for Eczema and Itchy Skin http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/ Natural medicine info. Naturopathic physician, Dr. Nicole Sundene, answers your natural medicine health questions at the kitchen table! Diet, weight loss, herbal medicine, exercise, fat burning, health, nutrition, and preventative medicine research! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:14:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jackie http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-5419 Jackie Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:17:19 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-5419 For itchy oily scalp, you can try washing your hair with baking soda. I have been using it for months now because I was having trouble with itchy scalp. I wet my hair and apply handfuls of baking soda until I have some all over. I add a bit of water and rub it to wash the hair. I rinse it out and use just a small amount of conditioner. It has been working good for me for 6 months now. I have to be careful of what products I use, I seem to be allergic to alot of then. <abbr><em>Jackie’s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KitchenTableMedicine/~3/467005367/" rel="nofollow">The Healing Power of Thanksgiving</a></abbr></em> For itchy oily scalp, you can try washing your hair with baking soda. I have been using it for months now because I was having trouble with itchy scalp. I wet my hair and apply handfuls of baking soda until I have some all over. I add a bit of water and rub it to wash the hair. I rinse it out and use just a small amount of conditioner. It has been working good for me for 6 months now. I have to be careful of what products I use, I seem to be allergic to alot of then.

Jackie’s last blog post..The Healing Power of Thanksgiving

]]> By: This Week in “Ask Dr. Nicole” | Kitchen Table Medicine http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-3456 This Week in “Ask Dr. Nicole” | Kitchen Table Medicine Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:19:17 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-3456 [...] Glucosamine, Chondroitin or MSM? What is the best alternative to using plastic water bottles? Flax seed Oil or Fish Oil? What to do for eczema and itchy skin? [...] [...] Glucosamine, Chondroitin or MSM? What is the best alternative to using plastic water bottles? Flax seed Oil or Fish Oil? What to do for eczema and itchy skin? [...]

]]> By: Natural Treatment for Seborrheic Dermatitis, Cradle Cap, Dandruff, and Itchy Scalp | Kitchen Table Medicine http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-3416 Natural Treatment for Seborrheic Dermatitis, Cradle Cap, Dandruff, and Itchy Scalp | Kitchen Table Medicine Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:21:01 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-3416 [...] would recommend for anyone with an itchy skin problem to read my article on eczema, as in my mind they are all basically all the same thing and tend to resolve by using similar [...] [...] would recommend for anyone with an itchy skin problem to read my article on eczema, as in my mind they are all basically all the same thing and tend to resolve by using similar [...]

]]> By: loligram http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-2313 loligram Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:15:50 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-2313 Has anyone had success with an oily itchy scalp? It started suddenly abt 8 mos ago, and is irritating beyond description. I use tree tea oil before shampooing and Dr Bronners castile soap shampoo, nothing else. I've been to allergist and he says it is not yeast or psoriasis; just calls it suborrehic dermatitis and gave me steroid cream. It helps some to avoid wheat. Then recently I got a systemic reaction to 4 yellow jacket stings. I wonder if I have allergies that are connected? How do I prevent another systemic reaction? Thanks! Has anyone had success with an oily itchy scalp? It started suddenly abt 8 mos ago, and is irritating beyond description.

I use tree tea oil before shampooing and Dr Bronners castile soap shampoo, nothing else. I’ve been to allergist and he says it is not yeast or psoriasis; just calls it suborrehic dermatitis and gave me steroid cream.

It helps some to avoid wheat. Then recently I got a systemic reaction to 4 yellow jacket stings. I wonder if I have allergies that are connected?
How do I prevent another systemic reaction?
Thanks!

]]> By: Ginger M http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-1808 Ginger M Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:07:42 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-1808 Thank you for the link to this article. I think for the cause of my mother's flare up is probably due to the copious amounts of cheese she's been consuming. Her skin is improving now that we've eliminated that from her diet. She's also started taking cod liver oil. Thank you for the link to this article. I think for the cause of my mother’s flare up is probably due to the copious amounts of cheese she’s been consuming. Her skin is improving now that we’ve eliminated that from her diet. She’s also started taking cod liver oil.

]]> By: Melli http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-1621 Melli Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:53:08 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-1621 I was wanting to know more about how to treat the flare-ups without using steroid creams. I have a 4-month old who has had a continual line of flare-up ons his body for 2 months. He is primarily breastfed (only having formula at daycare when they have run out of beastmilk). I have eliminated milk out of my diet and once I re-introduced organic, grass-fed milk nothing seemed to change. I have been using Emu Oil to treat the flare-ups and it completely took away everything on his face, but his elbows and the bottoms of his legs are still deep red rashes that weep every now and then. I feel so horrible as a mother that I can't do anything to help me more than I already have and I don't want to use steroid creams (when he was first diagnosed the doctor gave us a steroid cream to use and it made it all worse and almost gave his face a burn - it looked SO bad.) and I don't want to get close to them anymore. But he needs more help than I know how to give naturally. What I've been doing: Emu Oil lotion 3-4 times a day with Emu Oil concentrate applied directly to the flare-up areas, Neem Tree Oil soap for a 10 min. lukewarm bath each night. Thanks! I was wanting to know more about how to treat the flare-ups without using steroid creams. I have a 4-month old who has had a continual line of flare-up ons his body for 2 months. He is primarily breastfed (only having formula at daycare when they have run out of beastmilk). I have eliminated milk out of my diet and once I re-introduced organic, grass-fed milk nothing seemed to change.

I have been using Emu Oil to treat the flare-ups and it completely took away everything on his face, but his elbows and the bottoms of his legs are still deep red rashes that weep every now and then.

I feel so horrible as a mother that I can’t do anything to help me more than I already have and I don’t want to use steroid creams (when he was first diagnosed the doctor gave us a steroid cream to use and it made it all worse and almost gave his face a burn - it looked SO bad.) and I don’t want to get close to them anymore. But he needs more help than I know how to give naturally.

What I’ve been doing: Emu Oil lotion 3-4 times a day with Emu Oil concentrate applied directly to the flare-up areas, Neem Tree Oil soap for a 10 min. lukewarm bath each night.

Thanks!

]]> By: online fitness health http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-1021 online fitness health Mon, 12 May 2008 05:30:23 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-1021 Thanks for the information, but can i ask if this is a possible cure for Psoriasis? My friend who had this really suffering from itchy , she scratched a lot and almost tear her skin like ecsema? Thanks for the information, but can i ask if this is a possible cure for Psoriasis? My friend who had this really suffering from itchy , she scratched a lot and almost tear her skin like ecsema?

]]> By: online fitness health http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-1020 online fitness health Mon, 12 May 2008 05:29:50 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-1020 Thanks for the information, but can i ask if this is a possible cure for Psoriasis? My friend who had this really suffering from itchy , she scratched a lot and almost tear her skin like ecsema? http://www.onlinehealthfitness.co.uk/ Thanks for the information, but can i ask if this is a possible cure for Psoriasis? My friend who had this really suffering from itchy , she scratched a lot and almost tear her skin like ecsema?

http://www.onlinehealthfitness.co.uk/

]]> By: Heather (A Mama's Blog) http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-692 Heather (A Mama's Blog) Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:58:39 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-692 Dr. Nicole, Thanks for your comment on my blog regarding adding Vitamin A for Keratosis Pilaris. I liked this article too, and added your site to my reader. What a great site. I LOVE it, and will be back often. Thanks again! Dr. Nicole,

Thanks for your comment on my blog regarding adding Vitamin A for Keratosis Pilaris. I liked this article too, and added your site to my reader. What a great site. I LOVE it, and will be back often. Thanks again!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-645 Jennifer Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:11:06 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-645 Dr. Nicole, this was an amazing article! I just went to the dermatalogist last week. I sure wish I had read this first. I got some steriod creme which has been wonderful in clearing it up almost completely, but I expect it to come back when I stop using it. Diary, sugar, and stress. Wow! How do I live without them. I'm working on my stress level now, with much improvement. Dairy and sugar.... those will be tough for me. I have dramatically cut down my sugar intake over the last year or so, but all together - that will be a challenge.. Dairy, I intake a lot! Cheese is my favorite food - maybe that means I should cut it out. :) What alternatives do you recommend? The most amazing parts of this aritcle to me are the amazingness of our bodies AND how it only makes sense to treat the causes for something in order to really make it better. That's so true for anything in life!! All to often we just look at the surface and treat symptoms without going deep enough to find the root causes of problems. That is the only REAL solution. This is something that has been on my mind a lot lately. Dr. Nicole, this was an amazing article! I just went to the dermatalogist last week. I sure wish I had read this first. I got some steriod creme which has been wonderful in clearing it up almost completely, but I expect it to come back when I stop using it.

Diary, sugar, and stress. Wow! How do I live without them. I’m working on my stress level now, with much improvement. Dairy and sugar…. those will be tough for me. I have dramatically cut down my sugar intake over the last year or so, but all together - that will be a challenge.. Dairy, I intake a lot! Cheese is my favorite food - maybe that means I should cut it out. :) What alternatives do you recommend?

The most amazing parts of this aritcle to me are the amazingness of our bodies AND how it only makes sense to treat the causes for something in order to really make it better. That’s so true for anything in life!! All to often we just look at the surface and treat symptoms without going deep enough to find the root causes of problems. That is the only REAL solution. This is something that has been on my mind a lot lately.

]]> By: Dr. Nicole http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-553 Dr. Nicole Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:52:33 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-553 Hi Kathleen- the healing power of nature, is what we refer to as "the vis" in naturopathy, and it's powers have never ceased to amaze me. Many MD colleagues will be frustrated by patients and just drop them off with me and say..."ok Nicole, they are all yours...do whatever voodoo it is that you do..." So my voodoo is this: Clean up the diet, improve sleep, manage the stress, support them during this process....and sit back and watch them get better. When you think about it, I am not really even doing anything. I am just "removing the obstacles to cure" so that the body can do it on it's own. Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment, hopefully that will serve as some good motivation for others! Hi Kathleen- the healing power of nature, is what we refer to as “the vis” in naturopathy, and it’s powers have never ceased to amaze me. Many MD colleagues will be frustrated by patients and just drop them off with me and say…”ok Nicole, they are all yours…do whatever voodoo it is that you do…”

So my voodoo is this: Clean up the diet, improve sleep, manage the stress, support them during this process….and sit back and watch them get better. When you think about it, I am not really even doing anything. I am just “removing the obstacles to cure” so that the body can do it on it’s own. Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment, hopefully that will serve as some good motivation for others!

]]> By: Kathleen http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-542 Kathleen Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:08:38 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-542 You're the best. There are so many frustrations regarding eczema treatments that work. My mother developed eczema a couple of years ago, and as usual, nothing helped her. I had her start on fish oil capsules, and green tea in the morning. She is a bit set in her ways, so I had to go easy to even get her to do that, but it did clear up. She continues her green tea and fish oil with no further skin problems. I hope everyone hears what you say when you reference nature's intelligence - that connection has far reaching implications for personal as well as planetary health. Thanks! You’re the best. There are so many frustrations regarding eczema treatments that work. My mother developed eczema a couple of years ago, and as usual, nothing helped her.

I had her start on fish oil capsules, and green tea in the morning. She is a bit set in her ways, so I had to go easy to even get her to do that, but it did clear up. She continues her green tea and fish oil with no further skin problems.

I hope everyone hears what you say when you reference nature’s intelligence - that connection has far reaching implications for personal as well as planetary health.

Thanks!

]]> By: Dr. Nicole http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-541 Dr. Nicole Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:06:09 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-541 Jusin- Anything for my #1 fan! You have serious entitlements around here being my top commenter and all. Yep you just nailed it right there...dairy, sugar, stress. You get those things out and itching should be gone... Jusin- Anything for my #1 fan! You have serious entitlements around here being my top commenter and all. Yep you just nailed it right there…dairy, sugar, stress. You get those things out and itching should be gone…

]]> By: Justin http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-538 Justin Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:37:27 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/alternative-medicine-solutions-for-eczema-and-other-itchy-skin-problems/#comment-538 Thanks for posting this Doc. My skin usually clears up if I can keep dairy out of my diet. I was not aware of the problem with sugar. Stress certainly agrivates it though I don't think its the root cause. Thanks for posting this Doc. My skin usually clears up if I can keep dairy out of my diet. I was not aware of the problem with sugar.
Stress certainly agrivates it though I don’t think its the root cause.

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