7.1 What other information about eczema is available on-line?
The Eczema Informant has copies of research articles, study results, non-commercial information about products and nutrients, and a good bibliography.
Food and Drug Administration of USA Import Alert IA #66-10 – REVISED 2/21/91, “Chinese Herbal Medicines”, ATTACHMENT – 12/05/95. Lists Chinese herbal medicines which have caused damage to human body.
Reprint of a journal article called “Adverse effects involving certain Chinese herbal medicines and the response of the profession” The article gives case histories of skin disease patients who have had severe toxic reactions to CHT, gives guidelines for selecting a practitioner for this type of therapy and gives warnings that anyone who is looking at this type of therapy should be familiar with.
This site includes a sort of atlas of photographs of skin ailments, for anyone who might want to look at such pictures — not exactly pleasant viewing, but they might be useful in some situations.
Information on the causes and remedies for Leaky gut syndrome.
If you find a site which has moved please mail me with the new location. Please also let me know if you find a really good site which you think other people may find useful and I will consider adding to the list.
7.2 What books are available?
The brief descriptions in this section are based largely on reviews by members of the Eczema Mailing List who have found these books useful.
This book describes the programme used at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in London (UK) which aims to break the vicious circle of dryness, eczema, itching and scratching with the careful use of topical steroids, emollients and habit reversal techniques.
The book is intended, as the subtitle states, for practitioners, but it is very well laid out and extremely accessible and useful for patients as well. Even the patients’ handbook is included in an Appendix.
An excellent book written in a direct and upbeat style. Parents of children with eczema will find this informative, helpful and encouraging.
264 pages, paperback. Dr. Atherton is a consultant in pediatric dermatology at the Hospital for Sick Children in London. He discusses many different subjects and treatments and why he supports his own view on each subject: genetics, food/environ allergies, allergy testing, immunizations, ellim./rotation diets, cortisone treatment, chinese treatment, primrose oil, wet wraps, breast feeding and appropriate formulas, stress, family harmony, antihistamines, causes, the outlook, infections, treatment, hospitalizations, education/career planning, etc.
PUBLISHER: Element, Inc., Rockport, MA.
Paperback. Contains a information about a wide variety of holistic treatments including EPO, herbs, acupuncture and reflexology.
Christine Orton, founder of the National Eczema Society in the UK, is the mother of a son with eczema and her writing is based on that experience.
Under one hundred pages but contains a thorough explanation of the causes and symptoms of eczema. It treats both eczema and psoriasis from a nutritional point of view and discusses nutritional approaches through both diet and food supplements.
This book provides a reminder of the importance of the skin’s role in life. Anyone with a skin disorder is seriously affected psychologically as well as physically. Look for a new edition of this book to correct an earlier claim that eczema is caused by a mother’s lack of physical affection for her child.
7.3 What magazines are available?
In the United Kingdom the National Eczema Society publish a quarterly magazine “Exchange”. This costs GBP2.50 but is free to members of the society.