What to eat for women with eczema

Eczema is a common disease in our human body. Most people are likely to get eczema, and there is no limit on gender, age or status. Well, for women, there are many reasons that cause them to suffer from eczema. For female eczema, the most important thing is to seek timely treatment. There are actually many treatments for female eczema, and diet is one of them. So, what is good for women with eczema?

In addition to timely treatment of female eczema, women also need to pay attention to their diet. Some foods cannot be eaten because they will aggravate the condition of female eczema; some foods can be eaten, and these foods can play a supporting role in the treatment of eczema. So, let’s talk in detail about what is good to eat for women with eczema.

1. Avoid spicy and irritating foods: Avoid drinking strong tea, coffee, alcohol, smoking, etc., to prevent aggravating the itching, causing scratching, and making it difficult for the skin lesions to heal. However, foods that are spicy and warm in nature, such as onions, garlic, ginger, and peppercorns, will consume yin and support yang, and are also a irritation to patients, so they should be avoided.

2. Avoid foods that cause dampness, bleeding, and anger: such as bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, beef, onions, leeks, water chestnuts, pepper, mutton, water chestnuts, etc.

3. Patients with breast eczema should be careful not to eat irritating foods, such as onions, ginger, garlic, strong tea, coffee, alcohol and other foods that are prone to cause allergies, such as fish, shrimp, etc. In addition, do not eat bamboo shoots, pole tops, beef, onions, leeks, water chestnuts, pepper, mutton, water chestnuts and other foods.

Eating more of the following three kinds of vegetables can help prevent and treat eczema

1. Leek: Leek contains carotene, vitamin B12, vitamin C and calcium. Phosphorus, iron, protein, cellulose, etc. Chives also have the effect of detoxifying and removing dampness, so applying leek juice externally can treat eczema.

2. Celery: It is rich in fiber, vitamin B2 and vitamin C, as well as a large number of minerals and trace elements. Celery has the effects of removing dampness and promoting diuresis, and can effectively prevent the recurrence of eczema.

3. Bitter melon: Bitter melon contains quinine. It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, removing dampness and relieving itching. It can be used to treat heat toxins, furuncles, prickly heat, eczema and other diseases.

4. Tomatoes: Tomatoes are rich in vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, niacin, and vitamin E; they also contain malic acid, citric acid, calcium, phosphorus, iron and tomato alkaloids. It has the effects of promoting fluid production and relieving cough, strengthening the stomach and digestion, cooling blood and calming the liver, and clearing away heat. The fruit acid in tomatoes has a protective effect on vitamin C, so it can effectively supplement vitamin C; tomatine has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and reduces vascular permeability, so the external use of tomato juice to treat eczema can have an antipruritic and astringent effect.

Therefore, for female patients with eczema, they generally should not eat irritating foods, such as strong tea, coffee, etc.; general irritating foods are also not allowed to be eaten, the most common ones are: bamboo shoots, beef, mutton, seafood, etc.; and it is best to eat more leeks, celery, bitter gourd, etc., which play a certain auxiliary role in the treatment of female eczema, so our female patients with eczema must pay attention to it.