Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 24

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Day 24 and the skin is looking better. The only problem is that the flaking is getting annoying. I noticed more dead skin then usual, compared to the time in using prescription ointments. The itch is there but I need to keep myself busy so I don't think of it.

I started to compare my pictures taken 3 weeks ago. And the skin is looking much better and less red. Also the weeping fluid has almost stopped. On occation after a hot shower there is a small amount of weeping fluid, but it subsides after 5-10mins of Intra spray.

Overall the skin is looking better then before. Now, I vacuum and sweep every 1-2days, to keep the dust mite population low.

Toxins In Your Body

Toxic chemicals make their way into our bodies in three key ways:

1. the lungs (inhalation),
2. skin (dermal absorption), and/or
3. mouth (ingestion).

When chemicals enter through one of these paths they are carried around in the blood stream to different parts of the body. From the blood stream, chemicals can be stored in tissues, like fat and bone. Or, they can go through the liver and end up being excreted.

http://www.toxicnation.ca/toxics-in-your-body

Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 16

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Detoxing for Eczema is very difficult and the withdrawal symptoms can be unbearable.

This is my 16th day and my feet are drying up and flaking a lot. The most important is routine. Keeping a routine and eating only a plant based diet was difficult. The Lifestyles supplements gave me the nutrition I needed to encourage the self healing process within the body. The dry skin is annoying but it is better then the weeping fluid. I hope to have more good news on the up coming days.

Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 15

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This picture was taken on May 19, 2010. Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 1. There was a lot of redness and weeping fliud from the inflammed areas.

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This picture is taken on June 2, 2010. The skin has been drying up and flaking.

Polysaccharides as Immunomodulators

Plant Sugars that can help boost your immune system.

The terms immunostimulation and immunomodulation
are relatively new. They were not used in traditional herbal medicine. Some plants are described in ancient pharmacology as
increasing resistance to infections, or to outside influences.

The studies that were done in recent years on the cells and ingredients involved in the immune system, and the understanding of the mechanism of their activities. This enabled the
discovery of compounds that stimulate the activity of the immune system, and can therefore be used to help restore an impaired defence activity.

Polysaccharide Immunomodulators as Therapeutic Agents: Structural Aspects and Biologic Function

Polysaccharides are also found in Astragalus membranaceus. This plant was also used in Chinese Supplements since ancient times. The root is used as one of the most important tonics.

It stimulates the immune system and strengthens the non-specific and specific immunity. It stimulates the production of interferone, and it’s the polysaccharides that are responsible for the immunomodulating activity. The main polysaccharides are astragalan and astragalucan.

Reference:

Medicinal Herbalism, The Science and Practice of
Herbal Medicine by Hoffmann D. 2003 Astragalus
membranaceus, pp. 532, Healing Arts Press,
Rochester, Vermont.

Eczema and Lifestyles - Day 10

Detoxification is very difficult, the flare ups are more intense and sometimes very hard to manage. Cold Intra spray helps but only for a while. You might not believe this but I use a breathing technique, like in Yoga on the Wii.

Relaxation Breathing Techniques

It sounds silly but it works, if you focus and relax all your muscles you actually can stop itching the flare up. Once you scratch you can’t stop, so it is best not to touch it at all.

The feet are looking better, sometimes I am so tempted to use creams but lucky I have some aloe gel. It works better if you refrigerate it. Cold Intra spray and cold aloe gel is a great combination.