Should you suffer from the pains of eczema, you will be all too aware of the misery that it can cause. Now though, a solution might have been found in the shape of oriental healing herbs.
New research results, presented at the annual gathering of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, suggest that orthodox Chinese herbal treatments may be helpful in the treatment of eczema sufferers.
In an effort to evaluate concerns about whether such an approach works, and is safe, medical researcher Julia Wisniewski, MD, of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York studied 14 young people who were suffering from eczema and underwent treatment with traditional Chinese methods between August 2006 and May 2008.
Each of the children drank Erka Shizheng Herbal Tea twice a day, took a herbal bath for at least 15 minutes, and applied a herbal cream to their skin throughout the day. Additionally, they had acupuncture treatments.
At the start of the study, over half of the children had severe eczema symptoms; 8 months later, the majority had just mild symptoms. The children also needed a smaller amount of medication (steroids, antibiotics and antihistamines) after just a few months of being treated.
The herbal treatments were found to be safe, and caused no abnormal functioning of the liver or kidneys.
When it comes to adult eczema, a group of Japanese researchers learned that grown ups can also reap the benefits of Chinese medicine. Their work was based around 274 adults who had dealt with eczema for around 12 years on average. Approximately a third had symptoms that were classified as severe.
After three to four months of being treated with herbal remedies which had been selected based on the subject’s symptoms, 87% were symptom free. A further 12% were very much better.
Therefore, while more work is required, these studies offer promising results and indicate that, if you suffer with eczema, you should at least be considering the use of Chinese treatments and healing herbs.
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