Dry Itchy skin? Me too!

Sorry I have been remiss in writing about all the great holistic ways you can help yourself.  Unfortunately I have been really busy and did not even notice that is fall already.   Maybe that is why my skin seems to be going crazy! It is so dry and itchy!  I have dermatitis and discovered it when I turned forty years old.  I do have to say I am so glad I did not have it as a teen!  My life would have been miserable. 

So here’s some tips that I exploring to help me deal with it every day!  As we all know the skin is the largest organ in the body and the most visible, so any condition affecting it is impossible to ignore. The skin is not only exposed to cut, burns, bruises and scrapes, it can also develop diseases just like any other part of the body.

The medical explanation is that Dermatitis or Eczema is an inflammatory skin condition that produces blisters, redness, scaling, flaking, thickening, weeping, crusting, color changes and itching that can be very annoying. Many professionals say Dermatitis/Eczema is an allergic reaction when you come in contact with different materials, chemicals or plants, such as, rubber, latex, perfumes, gold, silver, poison ivy, soap, cosmetics etc. 

There can be many types of skin issues and it is best to be diagnosed by a dermatologist.  However, once you are instead of using steroids try these remedies.

Tip 1:

Here is a Skin wash.  You can find these ingredients in your local health food store.

Mix the following ingredients: 
1 tsp. comfrey root. 
1 tsp. white oak bark. 
1 tsp. slippery elm bark. 
2 cups of water. 
Boil for 35 minutes use it to wash the affected area.

Tip 2:

There are some things you can take orally to help from the inside out.

·         Vitamin B complex

·         Biotin pills (also note if you eat items with raw eggs that can inhibit the effectiveness of biotin pills and they are not absorbed.)

·         Flaxseed oil added to food

·         Fish oil pills-Omega 3’s

Tip 3.

Put Vitamin E on the affected area it calms the itching. Never use synthetic vitamin E because your body will not be able to utilize it. Synthetic vitamin E has a dl instead of a d in front of its description: dl-alpha tocopherol.

Tip 4:

Use a lotion made out of blueberry leaves this is proven to be fantastic relieving inflammation of dermatitis. I found a great site to buy this lotion.  It is called “the Blue Line” from Indian Meadow Herbals out of Downeast Maine. 

Check them out. http://www.imherbal.com/

I hope these tips help you and as the weather gets cold it is more important than ever to protect your body!

Love and Light to you!

What! Are you eating grass?

One of the strangest things happen when you get older.  You start to think wow...I wasted a lot of time and now I want to do something good for myself and others.  So that is when I took up the habit of telling everyone that I was eating grass,  I mean wheat grass!  To be perfectly honest it is more like drinking wheat grass.  I did some research on it and thought I would try it.  There are many people who think that wheat grass juice is simply a health food drink, something you get at one of those posh juice bars.  The truth is, there are books filled with long lists of uses and applications for this nutrient rich natural food. It's health benefits include: detoxifying from addictions, tooth decay, sore throat, skin problems, constipation, improving blood sugar, high-blood pressure and breathing.  So now the big question is where do you get it? And more importantly what the heck does it taste like?  To be honest, to me it tastes like a strong green tea. It really is not  bad at all.  What is interesting this super food can either come in powder form or frozen form.  I prefer the frozen ice cubes. I can drop in a 4 oz glass of water and drink it like a shooter.  It just makes it easier for me!  I have been known to be a very picky eater.  Like the time I was five years old and was in Florida with my Mom and Dad.  I cried because I wanted a fried bologna sandwich and it was 95 degrees.  Needless to say I was sent to sleep in the hotel and the rest of my family ended up with sunburns.  But that is another topic altogether and you can read about the remedy for sunburns in a previous blog!  Actually I am beginning to like the taste and  many people who regularly enjoy the health benefits of wheat grass choose to sprout it at home.  Too much work for me!
What kind of benefits am I getting from this green gunk?  I have been eating grass for about one month now and can honestly say it has helped with my inflammation due to thyroid disease and I have a lot of energy!  I think it is really working.    I buy my frozen green goodness at the local health food store in the frozen food section but you can google wheat grass and come up with a zillion places to buy it.  I really like the evergreen brand.
Check it out! http://www.evergreenjuices.com/index2.php#/home/

So try it! What can it hurt! You just might like it.   Love an health to all my friends!