Eczema, asthma and hayfever are atopic conditions related to allergy. They also have a familial tendency. The allergy may be caused by anything and is often difficult to pinpoint. Environmental and emotional factors frequently play a part. However the development of eczema symptoms may in some cases be due to food allergy.

The skin is the largest and most complex organ of the human body. Just as the heart is an organ that pumps the blood around the body, the skin is an organ that performs many essential functions that are vital to life.

Atopic eczema has a familial tendency. I’m sure few people will dispute this fact as it has been well researched and reported. Atopic eczema is more predominant in upper class children.

Emu oil is a food by product coming from the fat of the emu. The use of emu oil dates back 40 000 years to when the Australian aborigines first used it to relieve minor aches and pains and to hasten wound healing.

When suffering from eczema using emollients is a necessary part of life. There are ways to make your emollients more effective and less of a chore to apply:

Ringworm is a fungal condition characterised by itchy, red, scaly, inflamed circles that spread outwards leaving pale skin in the centre. The appearance is not unlike the healing lesion of nummular (discoid) eczema.

Also known as Golu Kola and Indian Pennywort, Centella Asiatica is a herb possessing natural antiseptic properties. It was traditionally used to

Caring for a child with atopic eczema is never easy, but there are many things that you can do or not do to make life easier.

There are so many factors in our environment that will trigger an eczema flare up that it is difficult to know where to start to avoid them.

Psoriasis has some very distinctive signs and symptoms. The most distinctive of these being the psoriatic lesion as it is sharply defined against the normal skin. Characteristically it is…