Exactly, what should be used for FACIAL exema?!

Exactly, what should be used for FACIAL exema?

Acupressure
Stimulating the Sea of Vitality trigger points can fortify the body’s entire system and improve skin conditions, says Michael Reed Gach, Ph.D., director of the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, California, and author of Acupressure’s Potent Points. He says to press and briskly rub the B 23 and B 47 points, situated on the lower back on the left and right sides of the spine, in line with the navel. The B 47 points can be found four finger-widths away from the spine at waist level. To locate the B 23 points, move two additional finger-widths closer to your spine. Dr. Gach says to work all of these points simultaneously by making loose fists and rubbing the points with the backs of your hands for one minute. Repeat this treatment several times a day, he adds.

“Pressing these points can help when used in combination with other therapies, especially a healthy diet, deep breathing and stretching exercises,” says Dr. Gach. If you have a weak back, he adds, press these points lightly, and be sure not to press directly on the disks or vertebrae.

Aromatherapy
To soothe inflamed, itchy skin, try the essential oil Roman chamomile, suggests Fair Oaks, California, aromatherapist Victoria Edwards. She says to add five drops to a warm (not hot) bath, soak for ten minutes and apply a soothing body oil. For a body oil, Edwards suggests a blend of five drops of Roman chamomile, five drops of neroli, ten drops of lavender and five drops of ber gamot essential oils in two ounces of a carrier oil such as olive or almond. (Carrier oils are available in most health food stores.)

Food Therapy
“As with other skin conditions, the cause may be a nutritional deficiency, where you’re not getting enough of the necessary vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids,” says Elson Haas, M.D., director of the Preventive Medical Center of Marin in San Rafael, California, and author of Staying Healthy with Nutrition. To heal dermatitis and eczema, he recommends following his three-week detoxification diet

Homeopathy
Homeopathy can offer relief from dermatitis and eczema symptoms, says Chris Meletis, N.D., a naturopathic physician and medicinary director at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. He recommends taking one of the following remedies twice a day for 30 days.

If your skin is irritated, especially in the folds of the elbows and knees, try Psorinum 12C, according to Dr. Meletis. He says Calcarea carbonica 30C can be helpful when you have itchy crusts of eczema that seem to heal slowly and are better in dry weather and worse with cold and if the sores are on your scalp and face. If eruptions are behind your ears and on your scalp, Graphites 12C will often help, he says, especially if you also have a honey-colored discharge and moderate itching. If you don’t see improvement in 30 days, Dr. Meletis recommends seeing your medical doctor or homeopath.

Hydrotherapy
A baking soda bath soothes the itch of dermatitis and eczema, according to medical pathologist Agatha Thrash, M.D., co-founder and co-director of Uchee Pines Institute, a natural healing center in Seale, Alabama. Add one cup of baking soda to a tub filled with lukewarm water (94° to 98°F—use a regular thermometer to check) and soak for 30 minutes to an hour, using a cup to pour the water over any part of the body that isn’t submerged. Pat dry. Dr. Thrash says to use this treatment once or twice a day for as long as itching is a problem.

Juice Therapy
“Dermatitis and eczema are both symptoms that mean the body isn’t eliminating toxins efficiently,” says Elaine Gillaspie, N.D., a naturopathic physician in Portland, Oregon. “These toxins end up coming out through the skin.” To get elimination back on track, Dr. Gillaspie recommends stimulating the liver daily with an eight-ounce blend of one part beet juice, one part water and two parts carrot juice.

Vitamin and Mineral Therapy
people with eczema may want to use the following nutritional regimen to help control outbreaks: 50,000 international units (IU) of vitamin A a day for three weeks, then reducing the dose to 10,000 IU a day; one tablespoon of flaxseed oil a day; 400 IU of vitamin E a day; and one milligram of copper a day. Flaxseed oil is available in most health food stores.