Health & Diet Info

Beat Eczema

November 25th, 2007 by admin

If you’ve ever suffered from eczema or know somebody who does, you’ll understand how itchy, sore, painful, and unsightly it can be.

My son developed eczema from a young age, which resulted in several trips to the doctors. He was prescribed an emollient cream that I had to wash him in every day; followed by a liberal application of the cream once he had been patted dried. On the red inflamed patches, I had to apply a steroid cream. His skin always looked dry, no matter how much emollient cream was applied, and over time the patches of eczema could only be controlled with stronger steroid creams. I didn’t like using steroid cream on my son due to its known side effects, for example, skin thinning, easy bruising, increased rate of skin infections, and allergy to the steroid cream.

Early last year I was introduced to aloe vera as a way to control my son’s eczema. I had never heard of aloe vera – other than a plant that is good for burns - but when I heard how it could help all manner of skin disorders, including eczema, I knew I had to try the products for my son. I also didn’t have anything to lose because the aloe vera products came with a 60-day money back guarantee.

I was advised to start him on aloe vera juice designed for children – bits ‘n’ peaches. The juice contains chunks of aloe, flavoured with peach juice because children don’t like drinks with little bits in them, they prefer something solid to chew on. He was started on 10mls per day for the first week and gradually increased the amount until he was on 60mls per day.

He had to be washed in aloe liquid soap, as it was mild, moisturizing, and non-irritating. I also washed his hair in the aloe liquid soap. Once he was patted dried I applied aloe propolis cream. The cream has superb moisturizing qualities, and contains aloe vera gel and bee propolis. On any open sores, I applied aloe vera gelly to the area, which brought instant relief from the pain, inflammation, and itchiness caused by the eczema. The aloe vera gelly stopped my son from scratching the area, which enabled him to forget about his eczema and concentrate on playing.

In summary, the products I used for my son’s eczema were:

• Aloe vera bits ‘n’ pieces juice
• Aloe liquid soap
• Aloe propolis cream
• Aloe vera gelly

It was only a matter of a few weeks for my son’s eczema to disappear once he had started using the aloe vera products. Today, my son continues on the aloe vera juice and uses the aloe liquid soap every day. He only needs a small amount of aloe propolis cream every day, and he never needs the aloe vera gelly, as he doesn’t have any more patches of eczema on his body. Since he has used the aloe vera products, no one would guess he had had eczema for several years.