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No one understands an itch like a person who suffers from eczema. There are many products available from a grocery store or pharmacy that you can purchase to help relieve the stinging itch of eczema. As well there are stronger products that will fight the eczema itch but these cannot be obtained without a doctor’s prescription. The good news in all of this is that there are many natural remedies that can be made right at home or purchased from an alternative health store that can bring you some relief. Let’s take a closer look at some of these natural alternatives for that awful (ouch!) itch.

First of all remember that eczema is less likely to flare up and be intolerably itchy if you keep it well hydrated. This means moisturize your skin faithfully twice a day, morning and night, and more often if you feel the need is there. The best type of moisturizer for an eczema sufferer is an emollient. An emollient is simply a moisturizer that is oilier in its consistency than a regular moisturizing cream or lotion. Emollient can also come in the form of emollient oils that can be added to a bath or applied to the body while you are in the shower. In the summertime store your emollient in the refrigerator so it is extremely cooling to the skin when you put it on.

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A Short History of Herbal RemediesAuthor: Andrew Tomkinson
Herbalism is sometimes criticised as a collection of home made remedies that are applied in a placebo fashion to one or more symptoms. This is only done of course if the ailment is not serious and that there is a conventional drug available to deal with any ‘real’ symptoms. It is often forgotten that herbal medicine provides a complete system of healing and disease prevention and is one of the oldest and most natural forms of medicine. Because herbal medicine is holistic medicine (medicine which considers the whole person, physically and psychological, rather than just the diseased part), it is able to look beyond the the symptoms to the underlying systemic imbalance. When correctly applied herbal medicine provides real and permanent solutions to real problems.
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