That cannot be said about most of the doctors my friend has seen through the past year. He has eczema[1] basically everywhere, and whichever doctor he visits, it always ends with the same recommendation: corticosteroids.
And I must say, as much as I dislike them, they'd at least worked; unlike the phototherapy, the acupuncture, the Chinese medicine, the sugar-free, gluten-free and dairy-free diets, and all of the other stuff that you can find on google (last is some Japanese powder from rise that's supposed to rehydrate the skin from the inside).
I believe there must be some other way than just to immunosuppress the shit out of him: maybe he's omega-3 deficient (he's allergic to dairy and doesn't like fish), so he'd need some supplements. Or maybe he has too much Zinc? Or he needs a microbiome transplant (i.e. gut restart)? [2]
Long story short, I'd love to hear about some holistic approaches to treating eczema. Unfortunately, we couldn't yet find a professional who could provide it, so, here I am.
I'm not looking for a medical advice per se, just for some ideas, sources, or experiences that could help us.
Thanks a lot!
[1]: Looks like this: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/14417 [2]: Mildly NSFW: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_microbiota_transplant
Having said that, time to time I get a skin condition of various types. You need to carefully analyse it. Only patient can do this self debugging.
Some pointers:
Check his blood glucose right at the onset of his flare-up.
Take an antiworm medicine and see.
Take a broad-spectrum antiviral and check.
Take an antiprotozoal( anti-amoeba) pill and check.
Add neem oil to the bath water and check. Better yet, take neem oil capsules and try.
Now..
He might be having a cytokine storm of sorts.. so take an immunosuppressant and check. How do you get the doc to prescribe this - don't know. Tell him it is for science.
There are some good herbs-
Aloevera Tinosporia Cordifolia Acalypha indica Datura Caltropis
The last two or quite toxic. Even herbals must be taken under a qualified doctor.
You know sometimes it is just water. Check it. Also wash the shadows :-) the shadows habor bad stuff and it spreads.
Finally Borax. Use a cup of this in bath..
Now some science. Consume any plant that has protease or protinease inhibitors. These plants are basically biotoxic. They protect themselves from pests using pi. If we eat them we can become cytotoxic. It will protect us from bad guys too as long as it does not spiral into a cytotoxic storm.
Good luck..
Remember: I am not a doc. Not even a quack. I hack for a living.