Eczema treatment study of using Chinese medicine

There has been a Eczema treatment study of using Chinese medicine conducted by researchers of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

At the start of the study, more than half of the participants had severe symptoms on a standard scale that doctors use to gauge eczema severity. After eight months of treatment, most had mild symptoms.

“Improvement in symptoms and quality of life was seen as early as three months,” Researcher, Wisniewski says. She showed before-and-after photos of several children to document their progress: Red, scaly feet and hands appeared normal six months into therapy.

Participants also reported a reduction in the use of steroids, antibiotics, and antihistamines within three months of being treated with traditional Chinese medicine.

The herbal treatments proved safe, with no abnormalities in liver and kidney function observed, Wisniewski adds.

“Chinese medicine is a very good alternative to conventional therapy for children with eczema,” she says.

It has to be noted that there are many options of herb/acupuncture/acupressure in treating eczema. Practitioners need to use their diagnosis to determine which points and herbs to select in order to best treating each patient. Therefore, individual treatment can have better result that research.