How to Use Home Remedies to Treat Eczema

Eczema is an itchy, red rash that some people get in places where the skin creases such as inside the elbows and on the backs of the knees. Eczema effects as much as 20 percent of the population in Australia, England, Scandinavia and the United States. Interestingly, only 2 percent of the population in China and Iran suffer from eczema. There are ways to relieve eczema with simple home remedies.

Things You'll Need

• Oil supplements such as hemp seed oil and borage oil
• Hot salsa
• Oolong tea
• Vitamin E

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Instructions

• 1

  Take oil supplements such as borage oil and hemp seed oil and this will eliminate the eczema completely. Take one capsule of the oil supplement of your choice. Hemp seed oil contains omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

• 2

  Eat a little bit of hot salsa every day for a month and it can help relieve or completely eliminate eczema. Some people who have tried this remedy think the compound in the hot chili peppers that are in hot salsa is the reason this works so well.

• 3

  Drink a quart of oolong tea daily and it will reduce the itching and inflammation of eczema within 24 hours to 2 weeks.

• 4

  Take Vitamin E every day and it can significantly reduce the irritating effects of eczema. Research suggests that people from 10 to 60 years old took Vitamin E for six months and their symptoms of eczema reduced greatly.

• 5

  Change your diet to a low carb diet and this can help get rid of or reduce the itching and inflammation caused by eczema. People who have tried this say that by just cutting out sugars, flour, potatoes and rice have seen a decrease in eczema flare ups.