What foods are good for eczema

A reasonable diet is the key to treating eczema, but which food choices are more suitable? I believe many people don’t know this. In fact, foods that we usually come into contact with, such as mung beans, watermelons, winter melons, and loofahs, are more suitable.

1. Mung beans. Mung bean is cool in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat, dispelling summer heat, promoting diuresis and detoxifying. Ancient doctors believed that it could cure erysipelas, fever, rubella, acne, carbuncle, acne and other skin diseases. Since mung beans have the ability to clear heat, promote diuresis and detoxify, eating them can help people with acute skin eczema eliminate dampness and clear heat.

2. Watermelon. Watermelon is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat and promoting urination. It is suitable for people with skin eczema, as it can expel dampness and heat through urination. If the patient boils watermelon peel in water and drinks it instead of tea, it can also have the effect of clearing away dampness and heat.

3. White lentils. White lentil is mild in nature and sweet in taste. It can be used as both medicine and food. It can nourish the spleen and stomach and eliminate dampness and heat. It can be eaten by people with skin eczema, and has the effects of both medicinal and dietary therapy, and the functions of both medicinal and dietary supplements. If patients with skin eczema eat white lentils regularly, it can not only strengthen the spleen but also remove dampness and heat, which is beneficial to curing stubborn eczema.

4. Gourd. Gourd seeds are cold in nature, sweet in taste, and can clear away heat and dampness. Some medical books say that it can cure sores and poisons. Skin eczema can also be said to be a kind of sore disease. Eating gourd seeds can clear away dampness and heat, and eczema can be cured. The simplest and most effective way to consume it is to boil it into a soup and drink it. It is beneficial for patients with eczema to eat more of it.

5. Yam. Yam is mild in nature, sweet in taste, and is good at nourishing the spleen and stomach and strengthening spleen function. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is the foundation of acquired constitution and is responsible for transporting and transforming water and dampness. Skin eczema is caused by spleen dysfunction, which leads to endogenous dampness and heat. Eating yam regularly can not only strengthen the spleen and stomach but also ensure the gradual elimination of moisture, with excellent results.

6. Loofah. Luffa is cool in nature and sweet in taste. Patients with skin eczema can eat it regularly to clear away heat, cool blood and detoxify. Therefore, patients with eczema should eat more loofah.

7. Winter melon. Winter melon is cool in nature, sweet and light in taste, and has the effects of diuresis and clearing heat. It can be used by patients with acute and chronic eczema to eliminate dampness and wind, and the effect is very good.