Effective Home Remedies for Eczema

Eczema is one of the skin disorders, which is often characterized by a red dry, itchy skin. The itchiness and the burning caused due to eczema is unbearable and often makes you impossible to concentrate on your work. There is no permanent cure for eczema. But there are many treatment options that help in relieving the eczema skin symptoms. But many of the people are not aware of the fact that there are some home remedies for eczema, which can cure eczema.

Given below are some of the home remedies for eczema that help in controlling the symptoms of eczema.

• Make a mixture of one-teaspoon camphor and one-teaspoon sandalwood paste. Apply this paste on the affected areas. This is one of the best home remedies for eczema.
• Make a paste by adding one tablespoon of bitter neem leaves and one tablespoon of turmeric powder. Apply this paste on the rashes.
• Make a smooth paste of nutmeg by rubbing it against a stone and adding a few drops of water to it. Apply this paste to the affected areas.
• Add spinach juice and carrot juice and apply it on the affected area.
• Applying spearmint leaf juice to the affected area reduces eczema and is an effective home remedy for eczema.
• Applying coconut oil on the affected area may help in keeping the skin smooth.
• Apply Evening Primose oil on the affected area. Gamma-linolenic acid present in evening primose oil is helpful in curing the eczema and is an effective home remedy for eczema.
• Crush some neem leaves and apply in on the affected area.
• Squeeze some basil leaves and apply it over the affected area. Basil is an effective home remedy for treating eczema.
• Boil a cup of water in a pan and add crushed garlic clove to it. Soak a clean washcloth in the solution and apply to the affected areas.
• Apply watermelon peel over the affected area.
• Dry watermelon peel and burn this dried peel to an ash. Take a teaspoon of this ash and add warm coconut oil to make a paste. Apply this paste to an affected area.
• Dab some witch hazel with the help of a cotton ball on the affected area several times a day.
• Mash some papaya seeds and apply it on the affected areas. It is one of the best home remedies for eczema that relieves itching.
• Add a tablespoon to Bengal gram flour (Besan) to the curd and apply it over the affected area. Keep it for 10-15 minutes and then wash it off.
• Boil some water and add red henna to it until you get a mixture. Smear the paste over the affected area and leave it for half an hour. Rinse it off. Apply the paste after 3-4 hours if required.
• Drinking tomato juice daily will relieve the symptoms of eczema.
• Drinking fresh apricot leaves juice is helpful in curing eczema.
• Drink orange juice.
• Drink plenty of water.
• Add half a tablespoon of turmeric powder to half a cup of water and drink.
• Add one tablespoon of vinegar and one tablespoon of honey to the water and drink the mixture.
• Add 5 drops of castor oil to half cup of any of the juices and drink it on an empty stomach in the morning.
• Sometimes deficiency of Vitamin B6 may cause eczema, therefore increase it's intake.
• Taking an oatmeal bath is very useful and an effective home remedy for treating eczema. You can take bath by pouring 2 cups of colloidal oatmeal into a tub of lukewarm water.
• Use mild soaps, detergents and wear 100 percent cotton clothing.

Hope these home remedies for eczema will help you in getting relief from some of the symptoms. If the rash doesn't go away even after trying these home remedies you can contact a dermatologist. He may suggest you other treatments for eczema.