In my experience, Wheatgrass can make this so much easier to prevent and control in the majority of patients. I believe this is due to the immune stimulant effect of wheatgrass which helps the skin to recover naturally.
by Dr. Chris Reynolds M.B.,B.S. (Graduate, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Western Austrailia ,1973)
What is Eczema?
Eczema is a condition that makes patches of your skin become dry, red and itchy. Scratching can make the skin bleed. It can also make the eczema worse. Sometimes the skin becomes thick and scaly.
Eczema can affect people of any age, although the condition is most common in infants. Eczema will permanently resolve by age 3 in about half of affected infants. In others, the condition tends to recur throughout life.
What are the causes of eczema?
Doctors do not know the exact cause of eczema, but an abnormal function of the immune system is believed to be a factor. Some forms of eczema can be triggered by substances that come in contact with the skin, such as soaps, cosmetics, clothing, detergents, jewelry, or sweat. Environmental allergens (substances that cause allergic reactions) may also cause outbreaks of eczema. Changes in temperature or humidity, or even psychological stress, for some people lead to outbreaks of eczema.How to Use Wheatgrass for Steroid-dependent Eczema
How Wheatgrass Spray Was Born?
One day, one of my staff who had severe, generalized atopic eczema/dermatitis refractory to every kind of conventional therapy except oral steroids, took it upon herself to apply Dr Wheatgrass Recovery Spray daily to her facial skin. I had noticed that her skin was improving. I encouraged her to continue using the spray. After about three months of twice daily application, her condition had improved to the point where her chronic skin lesions had almost disappeared, and her facial skin had completely recovered. (View Photographs)
I then began using only the wheatgrass spray on the numerous eczema patients I see every day. The results have been outstanding. Mild to moderate cases almost invariably improve without the need for topical steroids. Some recover in as little as a week, but most of them take a month or two for their skin to stabilize. Nowadays, the strongest topical steroid I ever use is 1% hydrocortisone. In the more severe cases, I use the same technique, but add oral prednisolone in reduction doseage, usually starting with 15-20mg. daily.
Case Study 1
This particular young woman has suffered from severe, generalised atopic eczema since childhood. Her skin has caused her great distress and social isolation over the years. When she first attended my clinic in August last year, she lacked self-confidence and was quite understandably angry at a condition that had turned her into a social pariah with never a partner. It is very gratifying to report that, thanks to wheatgrass, she is now happily enjoying her first relationship. I wonder how many of my colleagues who are unwilling or unable to remove their pharmaceutical straitjacket enjoy the privileged world of safe, hands-on healing that I do. Physical healing that is often greatly outweighed by the social, psychological and emotional benefits patients experience.
A 60 year old male retired financial planner was referred to me by his own general practitioner. He was disillusioned with the limited efficacy of topical steroids and had heard that I might be able to help his patient with wheatgrass.
He had been using topical betamethasone almost daily on his face and body for approximately 15 years. He used such large quantities trying to control his itchy, dry skin, his dermatologist prescribed 10 x 100gm tubes of the topical steroid at each visit. He had attended numerous dermatologists seeking relief to no avail. The patient avoided soap and hot water and used moisturisers often for dryness.
Three days prior to attending my clinic, he suffered a severe flare secondary to a herpes simplex virus infection of the eye, which affected his face and upper body. He was commenced on oral steroids (prednisolone 50mg) and antibiotics, by another doctor. When I first saw him, he had a severe eczematous facial rash that was inflamed, fissured and weeping in places. He was commenced on wheatgrass topical spray twice daily combined with his normal (colloidal oatmeal based) moisturiser. Oral steroids were reduced to zero over the following week. He also ceased using topical steroids. The photographs below were taken 3, 7 and 16 days after commencing wheatgrass spray respectively. The fourth photograph was taken nearly 3 months later when the patient returned to his own doctor. He had continued using the wheatgrass spray at least once daily since commencement of treatment. Nine months later, he had still not required topical steroids. (See photo)
The method is quite simple.
1. First, aim to reduce the steroids gradually over a period of time - say two to three weeks. For the first week, start to boost the skin's immunity by applying Wheatgrass Spray two to three times daily, but in combination with the topical steroid. Wheatgrass first, steroid on top.
2. In the second week, try to reduce the steroid by 50 percent either on a daily basis, or every second day.
3. By the third week it may be safe to reduce the steroid to twice weekly, then once weekly, then cease. In this way, you will build up the skin's immunity quite significantly so that the steroid may no longer be required provided the Wheatgrass Spray continues to be applied once or twice daily.
In the event of flares, which often happen in the first few months but are usually milder than before, repeat the steroid/wheatgrass combination. However, this time, reduce the starting dose of topical steroid, then continue with the reduction schedule as before. It is quite possible that this period will be significanly shorter than the first 'cycle'.
I have helped numerous patients, adults and children, towards far better quality skin this way, most of whom have been able to dispense completely with their steroids. Others only need to use the steroids to help them over a flare from time to time, but only for days rather than weeks or months.
In the more severe cases, I use oral steroids periodically (in gradually reducing doses) to gain control of the eczema in combination with wheatgrass. Sometimes it takes three to six months, but in the end, the outcome is usually highly successful.
Eczema Flare and Dry Skin Prevention Techniques order now
No eczema treatment, including wheatgrass and topical (or oral) steroids, is likely to work unless simple, 'damage control' measures are also taken. Try to assist your immune system to heal your skin naturally by reducing or eliminating exposure to adverse factors such as soap, hot water and frequent shampooing which dry the skin, aggravate the condition and slow recovery. My rules:
AVOID SOAP - of any kind. This includes soap-containing shampoos, dishwashing detergents and so on. Try to find a colloidal oatmeal containing soap-free wash for body and face and a shampoo containing the same ingredient. Oatmeal appears to have a similar immune-boosting action as wheatgrass and the two appear to work synergistically.
In Australia, the only colloidal oatmeal containing product I am aware of is the 'Dermaveen' brand, available at pharmacies. In the USA it is called 'Aveno', but I hear there is an equally good but lower priced product available at WalMart stores under the 'Equate' brand.
REDUCE EXPOSURE TO HOT WATER in other words, take short (5 minutes max) showers and NO BATHS. Soap and hot water combine to remove sebum from the pores of the skin and deep into the sebaceous glands, inhibiting sebum production causing dryness and itchiness. Sebaceous glands (See Figure) are controlled by hormones and the immune system, which wheatgrass appears to strengthen naturally.
APPLY WHEATGRASS SPRAY OR CREAM AT LEAST TWICE A DAY, More often if necessary
As well as strengthening the skin's immunity, biological actives from the wheatgrass are absorbed into the body and in time, the patient's immune status becomes stronger - a major bonus. I also get them to take wheatgrass orally to further boost their immune system. Ultimately, most patients end up controlling their own eczema just with wheatgrass.
The saving to the patient in time and cost can be substantial. Steroids can be gradually reduced, and in time the skin can recover naturally.
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