How to treat dry eczema in children?

It is also common for children to have dry eczema, so parents don’t need to be too nervous. When dry eczema occurs, the skin will feel obviously dry and itchy. If it is not treated and relieved in time, the condition may become more and more serious. Treating children's dry eczema is relatively simple. You can go to the pharmacy to find relevant treatment drugs.

The scientific name of dry eczema is seborrheic eczema, also known as fissure eczema. It is mainly caused by loss of skin moisture, reduced sebum secretion, dryness, fine cracks in the epidermis and stratum corneum, and a light red skin color. The red color is more obvious in the cracks, similar to "broken porcelain". It can occur in many parts of the body, but is more common in the limbs, especially the anterior tibia in the elderly. This disease is more common in winter, when the air is dry, secretions decrease, and it is triggered by frequent washing with hot water.

Prescription 1:

Take 10 grams of wild yam, 1 grass turtle, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Crush the turtle shell, then put it into the pot together with the wild yam, add appropriate amount of water, and simmer it repeatedly over low heat until it becomes a paste.

Each time you take it, use a medicine spoon to scoop 30 ml, put it in a bowl, sprinkle with sugar, and pour in warm water to drink. Can be consumed twice a day.

Prescription 2 :

Take Ping An Ji (Huashi Paste) containing Sophora flavescens, Dictamni cortex, Kochia scoparia, Dragon bone extract, Red ochre extract, and Polygonum multiflorum.

Take an appropriate amount and apply it directly to the affected area, and wait for it to be automatically absorbed by the skin. Can be applied 3 times a day.

Prescription three:

Take 15 grams of dried tangerine peel, 10 grams of Poria cocos, 6 grams of Atractylodes lancea, 6 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 5 grams of white hyacinth bean, 3 grams of Xanthium sibiricum, and 3 grams of licorice.

Place all the above medicinal materials in a pot, then add appropriate amount of water to soak and boil. Filter out after boiling and take when warm. Take twice daily. Often used to treat infectious eczema.

How to care

⑴ The issue that should be paid attention to is to avoid re-irritating the local area. Avoid scratching the local area with your hands as much as possible, do not use hot water or soapy water to clean the local area, and do not apply those highly irritating drugs on the local area. Pay special attention to not applying hormone drugs on the local area casually. These are common factors that can easily worsen the disease or reoccur.

⑵ Understand the basic rules of occurrence and development of dry eczema and dermatitis as much as possible.

⑶ Avoid eating some irritating foods, such as onions, ginger, garlic, strong tea, coffee, alcohol and other foods that are prone to cause allergies, such as fish, shrimp and other seafood.

What you should pay attention to for dry eczema is to avoid irritating the affected area again. Avoid scratching the affected area with your hands as much as possible, do not use hot water or soapy water to clean the affected area, and do not apply highly irritating drugs on the affected area. Pay special attention to not applying hormone drugs on the affected area casually. These are common factors that can easily worsen the disease or cause it to reoccur.