1. Ice Packs: Applying ice helps alleviate itching and redness caused by eczema, providing anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects.
2. Moisturizing Products: Regularly use moisturizing creams to prevent excessive dryness. Avoid substituting steroid creams for moisturizers; instead, choose functional, non-irritating medical organic soothing repair moisturizers.
3. Avoid Harsh Household Products: Minimize use of irritating soaps, shower gels, and detergents. Opt for eczema-specific, non-irritating organic soothing cleansers.
4. Moderate Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Reduce reliance on traditional Chinese herbal remedies.
3. Avoid irritating household products: Minimize use of harsh soaps, shower gels, laundry detergents, and other household items. Opt for eczema-specific, non-irritating organic soothing cleansers.
4. Moderate herbal washes: Decoction of Coptis, Astragalus, and Phellodendron bark for external washing clears heat, dries dampness, detoxifies, and relieves itching. Effective for acute or subacute eczema.
5. Manage scratching: After developing eczema, avoid hot washes or scratching. The more you irritate the affected area, the more metabolic byproducts are produced, worsening the eczema.