Natural Relief for Eczema Using Aromatherapy

Natural Relief for Eczema

Eczema is a skin condition that causes the skin to become dry and itchy, and may leave the skin with blisters and looking rather red.  The type that worries people the most is facial eczema as it is the hardest to hide. With this kind, you would want to find a cure that not only takes away the eczema but the marks it leaves as well. There are numerous pharmaceutical treatments claimed to cure eczema but most have side effects that may leave you with serious marks. It is for this reason that majority of sufferers look for natural relief for eczema.

Aromatherapy provides this kind of remedy. It entails the use of essential oils that are drawn from plants. This then means that their constituent is purely natural. The most effective essential oils for treating eczema includes bergamot, geranium, lavender, juniper berry, thyme, chamomile, jasmine and clary sage with the combination of rosehip and avocado carrier oils.  Rosehip oil can assist with scaring while avocado oil goes a long way in treating eczema since it penetrates deep into the skin.

For natural relief for eczema using aromatherapy, use lavender essential oil and palmarosa essential oil. Lavender works to relieve the itching and prevent or reduce swelling caused by the eczema, while palmarosa is helpful in the prevention of skin infections. For the oozing type of eczema, use thyme blended with eucalyptus.  Both these oils help with wounds. The essential oils should be diluted with a carrier oil before dabbing onto the skin.

To really cure your eczema, you should work towards finding out what the real cause is. In most cases, it is caused by unbalanced chemical levels in the body, poor diet in some cases and even high stress levels.  Age may be a factor using aromatherapy as a natural eczema treatment since essential oils should generally not be used on babies and very young children. This is because, being pure, they are highly concentrated and may be harmful to their sensitive skin.

Dead sea salt is also proven to be very effective as a natural relief for eczema using Aromatherapy pour 1 to 2 cups of dead sea salt and one or a selection of the above mentioned essential oils in your bath and fill with nice temperature water and soak for 20 to 30 minutes.

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