How to Use Wheatgrass for Steroid-dependent Eczema

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At first I had disappointing results using a wheatgrass-based cream for eczema. Admittedly, there were occasional startling recoveries where some severe cases, particularly children, cleared up in a few days. But these were certainly the exception, so much so that I usually stuck to the soap and hot water avoidance, topical steroid and moisturizer regime I had used for most of my professional life.

One day, one of my staff who had severe, generalized atopic eczema/dermatitis refractory to every kind of conventional therapy except oral steroids, took it upon herself to apply the dilute wheatgrass extract daily to her facial skin. I had noticed that her skin was improving. She then informed me of her experiment with the extract. It then occurred to me that it was most likely some of the ingredients in the cream that had previously aggravated her eczema. I encouraged her to continue using just the extract. After about three months of twice daily application, her condition had improved to the point where her chronic skin lesions had almost disappeared, and her facial skin had completely recovered. (View Photographs)

Highly unstable, generalised chronic atopic eczema since infancy in 20 y.o. female. Refractory to treatment. No response to treatment except intermittent topical and oral steroids.	Same patient after 3 months treatment with topical wheatgrass spray twice daily. No further need for topical or oral steroids. No relapses since January 2003.

22 August, 2003 . Atopic 29 y.o. female. Inflamed, roughened skin with chronic atrophic changes due to prolonged topical steroid useage (triamcinolone). Steroid ceased and wheatgrass extract applied three times daily.	27 November, 2003 - 3 months after ceasing topical steroids. Apart from some residual dryness, skin is now visually "acceptable" to the patient. By January, 2004, skin was almost normal. Patient using wheatgrass spray twice daily only.

I then began using only the wheatgrass spray on the numerous eczema patients I see every day. The results have been outstanding. Mild to moderate cases almost invariably improve without the need for topical steroids. Some recover in as little as a week, but most of them take a month or two for their skin to stabilize.
Nowadays, the strongest topical steroid I ever use is 1% hydrocortisone. In the more severe cases, I use the same technique, but add oral prednisolone in reduction doseage, usually starting with 15-20mg. daily. 

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The method is quite simple.

1. First, aim to reduce the steroids gradually over a period of time - say two to three weeks. For the first week, start to boost the skin's immunity by applying wheatgrass two to three times daily, but in combination with the topical steroid. Wheatgrass first, steroid on top.

2. In the second week, try to reduce the steroid by 50 percent either on a daily basis, or every second day.

3. By the third week it may be safe to reduce the steroid to twice weekly, then once weekly, then cease. In this way, you will build up the skin's immunity quite significantly so that the steroid may no longer be required provided the wheatgrass continues to be applied once or twice daily.

In the event of flares, which often happen in the first few months but are usually milder than before, repeat the steroid/wheatgrass combination. However, this time, reduce the starting dose of topical steroid, then continue with the reduction schedule as before. It is quite possible that this period will be significanly shorter than the first 'cycle'.

I have helped numerous patients, adults and children, towards far better quality skin this way, most of whom have been able to dispense completely with their steroids. Others only need to use the steroids to help them over a flare from time to time, but only for days rather than weeks or months.

In the more severe cases, I use oral steroids periodically (in gradually reducing doses) to gain control of the eczema in combination with wheatgrass. Sometimes it takes three to six months, but in the end, the outcome is usually highly successful.

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No eczema treatment, including wheatgrass and topical (or oral) steroids, is likely to work unless simple, 'damage control' measures are also taken. Try to assist your immune system to heal your skin naturally by reducing or eliminating exposure to adverse factors such as soap, hot water and frequent shampooing which dry the skin, aggravate the condition and slow recovery. My rules:

AVOID SOAP - of any kind. This includes soap-containing shampoos, dishwashing detergents and so on. Try to find a colloidal oatmeal containing soap-free wash for body and face and a shampoo containing the same ingredient. Oatmeal appears to have a similar immune-boosting action as wheatgrass and the two appear to work synergistically.

In Australia, the only colloidal oatmeal containing product I am aware of is the 'Dermaveen' brand, available at pharmacies. In the USA it is called 'Aveno', but I hear there is an equally good but lower priced product available at WalMart stores under the 'Equate' brand.

REDUCE EXPOSURE TO HOT WATER in other words, take short (5 minutes max) showers and NO BATHS. Soap and hot water combine to remove sebum from the pores of the skin and deep into the sebaceous glands, inhibiting sebum production causing dryness and itchiness. Sebaceous glands (See Figure) are controlled by hormones and the immune system, which wheatgrass appears to strengthen naturally.

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