Eczema, prepare for spring

In the framework of our advices on eczema, we are approaching the end of winter. This change of season requires special adaptation. Metabolism increases. It leads to an accentuation of imbalances. However, the immune system is less alert at this time of year. It protects us less from passing microbes. In addition, fatigue can lead to eczema flare-ups.

Fight fatigue to limit eczema flare-ups

Each change of season is an important milestone for people suffering from eczema. Spring fatigue is fleeting and less long than that of spring.fall or winter. However, it does exist and should not be neglected. What are the common symptoms of fatigue? Hair loss, slight weight gain, heavy legs, for example.

This unusual fatigue may be related to the thyroid or adrenal glands. In fact, these organs sometimes have difficulty adapting to the change of season. Additionally, fatigue can be caused by vitamin D, vitamin C, or magnesium deficiencies. Here's how to limit these deficiencies, as the sunny days return. Take advantage of this to take a vitamin cure and expose yourself in the sun with caution.

Oats, an asset!

To boost the thyroid, oats are an asset. It can be eaten in porridge for breakfast. It can be included in the form of oatmeal and oat milk.

The virtues of cinnamon

Cinnamon, for its part, will nourish your adrenals. Do not hesitate to sprinkle it on your toast with honey or your porridge in the morning, to add it to herbal teas and to desserts. Finally, to overcome the lack of vitamin C, prefer it natural, it will be 100% assimilable by your body, unlike artificial vitamin C which is only 50% assimilable. Acerola and sea buckthorn are two powerful, natural sources of vitamin C.

Spring breakfast against skin problems

Spring breakfast recipe

– 1 bowl of applesauce (anti-inflammatory, intestinal regulator and liver drainer)
– 2 tablespoons of oatmeal (tonic by stimulating the thyroid and estrogen)
– Cinnamon powder (very strong adrenal support and intestinal drainer)
– A few pieces of candied ginger cut into small cubes (genital and adrenal tonic)
– A handful of flaked or powdered almonds (nutritive and urinary drainer)
– A few sunflower seeds (liver and kidney drainer)

However, be careful with cow's milk, a source of many allergies, particularly in patients suffering from atopic eczema.

Interesting options

You can also add toasted sesame seeds.

– Some blueberries and blackcurrants (in fruit puree, without added sugar, fresh or frozen for vitamin intake, adrenal support, intestinal drainer, antiallergic, etc.)

Optional: a little honey or agave syrup. Honey on toast in the morning will also help strengthen your immune system and prepare you for the ills of fall and then winter.

Stress, the sworn enemy of eczema flare-ups.

Here are our tips for limiting your anxiety and fighting stress.

Keep your spirits up to fend off eczema

To limit eczema flare-ups, it is important to take a step back from the disease, keep your spirits up and find a hobby, a passion, to free yourself from the disease. For example, you can take up a sporting activity, reading, and if you are interested in writing, find our article Relieve illness through poetry.

It is also advisable to learn to work on your body and mind. For example, you can consider working on abdominal breathing twice a day to control any anxiety, or learning different meditation techniques.

Find support to live better with your illness

Eczema is a chronic condition that can lead to feelings of isolation and even depression. There are indeed many prejudices and discrimination against people prone to eczema: lack of hygiene, contagious disease, etc. The patient withdraws into himself and rejects any presence or help from others. The change of season can therefore be very harmful for eczema.

However, he will encounter many questions, doubts and obstacles that would be difficult to face alone. For this reason the association “[im]patients, Chroniques et Associés”, in partnership with many other patient associations as well as the Adrea foundation, has produced a health pathway guide dedicated to people suffering from chronic disease and isolated patients.

Detoxification and drainage of the body

During winter, to combat the cold, the body stores more for fear of shortage. When the good weather returns, this is no longer useful. If the body naturally does this destocking, it sometimes still needs a little help. Nature is full of resources and riches to combat skin problems. So be careful with your eczema during this change of season.

Birch sap: an ideal cocktail to detoxify the body

When the change of season comes, and for protect yourself from eczema, nothing better than giving our body a boost to help it detoxify and get back on its feet. Birch sap will be your ally in this process!

Birch to detoxify the body

Birch is the tree that will help you detoxify and cleanse your body (3). You can take a course of birch juice or birch sap. The sap comes from the “inside” of the tree itself, from its bark, and the juice comes from the leaves.

The sap is drunk fresh and unpasteurized and contains more minerals and trace elements than the juice which is drunk diluted in water. For it to be effective, the treatment must last at least 3 weeks. Take a small glass every morning on an empty stomach. Regeneration for a new biological cycle, a major cleansing to restart metabolism and regain energy.

The other virtues of birch

Birch sap and juice contain magnesium, for an anti-fatigue action, silicon, phosphorus and calcium, to strengthen bones, potassium for improving blood circulation and heart rate, and vitamin C. Their anti-oxidant properties fight against free radicals, their anti-inflammatory properties allow the cleaning of the joints.

Finally, they are powerful diuretics which eliminate waste accumulated by the body throughout the winter. Our skin is a reflection of what is happening inside; it is often through pimples, outbreaks of eczema or psoriasis that our internal disorder will manifest itself.

But be careful, not all saps are equal! It must be pure, fresh, without pasteurization and without additives. Tips: in supermarkets you will find it in the refrigerator only, a guarantee of purity, without chemical additives and it will be available at the beginning of spring only, a guarantee of freshness. To find it, it is better to go to organic stores which will definitely have them. Store it in the fridge throughout your treatment period.

Stimulate the digestive system with black radish

Many virtues are attributed to black radish. Antioxidant properties, substances that allow detoxification of the liver, good digestion and stimulation of the digestive system. So many advantages which make it an ingredient to adopt as a treatment at the end of winter. You can eat black radish regularly but for more significant results, the ideal is to take a cure. Drink one ampoule in lemon juice before lunch and dinner for 5 to 15 days or take 1 ampoule per day, 5 days per week throughout the month of April.

In short, be careful not to aggravate your eczema during the change of season.