Cure for my Eczyma?

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

 

I am new to the group and I have much interest on ayurvedic medicine

and perspective on life.

I am a vata-constitution person and for six months I have suffered

from a eczema. Although now it is much better.

 

I have passed recently a hard professional life during April-May

where I though of quiting my job, and the though came since last

summer. The eczema started in January where feelings were calm, and

then by June-July I settle down all the stress, went optimistic and

adquire a fresh new outlook on my job and live happy but the eczema,

although much better is still there, the skin not bad but not

recovered, and still with ocasional itching and mild flare-ups.

 

About me and my life/habits:

 

I am a semi-vegetarian for 3 years, strong vata constitution, with

some slighty elevated blood sugar for years and the eczema started

this winter.

After the eczema start, I entered the strong stress on my

professional life I've told you, but then after some months I

eliminated the stress and continued in the same work with a fresh

and new outlook. The eczema recovered much, the daily itching almost

stop, but then even after two months of trying daily detox herbs

(such as burdock and milk thistle), even better food diet (with no

wrong food combinations) and a evening primrose daily suplement, the

skin is much better but not completelty recovered and once in a

while it flares up (with no aparent reason).

 

The eczema did never spread up. Is on groin region, on both legs,

about 5cm, with some tingling and sometimes I feel that the eczema

is related to heat-imbalance, since sometimes my overall body skin

is just too hot (cold showers help a lot). Maybe pitta related? I

sleep with a good pattern but I have a vata-pitta-like daily living.

I am enthusiastic and talkative. At the onset in January I had the

same sensation but stronger, so I think it is related. My diet is

mainly with rice, pasta, some beans and lentils, greens and some

salad, and daily fruit. I eat some cereals at breakfast and soy milk

but not daily.

I also tried clay applications and it helped a bit, even internally.

I quit using soap on that region since it agravated.

Another extra clue: during the worst time, I had a much stress time

and tension, (related to a uranus-moon astrological transit) but now

I am much ok and good. I also have lost some weight in all this

tendence to purify in food (which I do not intent, since I am a

think vata!).

 

Do you have any further advice?

 

Thanks for everyone time and sorry for my long mail.

I am also free to help and advice whoever needs on this list, and

share personal experiences.

 

With all the best,

 

Paulo Bessa

 

 

 

 

ayurveda , " Shirish Bhate "

<shirishbhate wrote:

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[Guest guest]

Eczema and asthma, both are stress and season dependant. Common

factor between them is the yeast in the gut. one important

observation of this author is that even if your stess is removed,

even stress memories cause flare up, albeit to a smaller level.

Stress is something for which so far no simple test exists, which

everyone can perform at home. Stress tolerance is low for mercurians,

born with sun, moon or ascendent in mercury's signs. The virgo is

more sensitive than gemini.

 

One often recommended remedy for stress is taking it voluntarily in

the form of self-chosen adventure for a short period. Going on a trek

for example. Blue sky, green forest, expanse of water, rising sun are

all anti-stress and free medicines. Spending time with loved once is

another. Severe stress example is offered when a newborn baby is

separated for more than a few minutes from its mother. Unofrtunately,

our brothers in hospitals sometimes prolong this stress by keeping

the newborn baby away from its mother for weeks and subjected to

medical procedures. ALLERGY-STRESS MECHANISM(1936) is described in a

pioneering book The Stress of Life (McGraw-Hill). but allopaths have

not read it yet.

 

The connection between an incompatible food or emotional stress, and

release of inflammatory hormones and adrenalin, causing over-

stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system results in an acute

allergic reaction or a general inflammatory condition, anxiety,

susceptibility to colds, eczema, hyper-excitability, palpitation, and

other infections, anger, and poor digestion with abdominal

discomfort. often, the reactions are psycho-somatic, triggered by

certain sounds, smells, music. And since mind remembers these

memories of stress, little reaction is lifetime reflex.

 

If pattern of food or stressful memories or conditions continues,

then the stress becomes permanent and the body adapts by releasing

anti-inflammatory hormones. body adapts to such a situation. When

adrenals exhaust, we enter a phase of maladaptation to allergens.

Books by Walter Last(Australiya), work of Dr Hammer(austria)

describes how the childhood conditions, emotional trauma,

subconscious fear, leave their foot prints on the body and mind.

Some of the facts mentioned here are direct ripples of their

thoughts, and are experienced by several patients.

 

Fortunately, the stress-allergy mechanism did not go very long in

your case. Pranayama, morning walk, spending some time in sunlight

daily are true medicines for you, since you have already attacked

diet front. Stop watching TV, reading newspaper and use that time for

these activities. Finally, even though you wrote that you have

reduced stress taking a positive outlook at the same work, the real

stress relief is accepting work as a karma for body's existance and

doing it in a detached fashion.

 

Skin is the reflector of mind, provided for vaidya to examine the

patient. (By dryness, dampness, smoothness, oilyness etc). Mind

itself is the soil (Kshetra is the term used in Bhagvad Gita)

provided to soul for sowing the thoughts. What you sow, so you will

reap.

 

ayurveda , " Paulo " <pcbessa wrote:

> I have passed recently a hard professional life during April-May

> where I though of quiting my job, and the though came since last

> summer. The eczema started in January where feelings were calm, and

> then by June-July I settle down all the stress, went optimistic and

> adquire a fresh new outlook on my job and live happy but the eczema,

> although much better is still there, the skin not bad but not

> recovered, and still with ocasional itching and mild flare-ups.

[Guest guest]

Dear friend,

 

I thank you much for your helping advice.

 

Indeed I have accepted willingly and quite happily work as a requisite for the

body and instead try to focus on daily living, the good things I can do for

others, and performing other soul-related activities such as gardening,

meditating and painting.

 

The eczema seems to be fluctuating, and I agree that even the slight change on

diet or daily activity or sleep patterns triggers small flare-ups.

 

It seems a more pitta or vata eczema, since it oscilates between heat tingling

sensations and dry scaly skin.

 

I observed that washing in cold water and keeping the skin neither dry neither

hot or cold, is a good thing. I also observed that since I work on a research

lab, the presence of chemicals is not very suitable for my cure. But I agreed to

follow my project until its end, and then shift into a more natural job.

 

The eczema seems to be very much related to uranian-moon transit energy I have

been undergoing. Furthermore as a aquarius rising I am prone to those stress-due

problems. And also when I have mars-like house, full of impulse and pitta, the

eczema is also triggered, such as when a planet transits mars, mars transits a

planet, or some planet transits first house (house of fire).

 

So, we learn a lot of this and I really hope to continue finding and applying

a natural cure....

 

Hugs for all,

 

Paulo

[Guest guest]

hi paulo

 

try eliminating all gluten foods for 3-4 weeks - this includes pasta,

bread, most breakfast cereals etc

also, soy is common sensitizer and you might look at this too

lastly, as far as fats go, switch from the evening primrose to an

omega 3 fatty acid

 

best... todd

 

On 3-Aug-07, at 2:19 AM, ayurveda wrote:

> I am a vata-constitution person and for six months I have suffered

> from a eczema. Although now it is much better.

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Caldecott

todd

www.toddcaldecott.com

[Guest guest]

have kaishore guggul with mahamanjishtha arishta or quath

 

Paulo <pcbessa wrote: Hi all,

 

I am new to the group and I have much interest on ayurvedic medicine

and perspective on life.

I am a vata-constitution person and for six months I have suffered

from a eczema. Although now it is much better.

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[Guest guest]

my daughter gets eczema.

We find that applying butter helps or carrot oil.

Also sheetali pranayama may be useful to cool the body.

You can do twenty breaths in the afternoon around two oclock to help keep the

body cool.

A couple of hours after meals.

Also you can perform vajrasana for ten minutes to assist in the digestion of

food and promote healthy blood.

 

Paulo Bessa <pcbessa wrote: Indeed I have accepted willingly and

quite happily work as a requisite for the body and instead try to focus on daily

living, the good things I can do for others, and performing other soul-related

activities such as gardening, meditating and painting.

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