What is Eczema?
Eczema is a term given to the inflammations and redness that develops on the skin due to bacterial infections and allergies. The most popular one is atopic dermatitis or atopic eczema.
Atopic stands for the tendency of a person to become allergic to dust conditions with asthma or hay fever. Atopic dermatitis results in rashes on the skin and redness. It makes the skin dry and itchy and makes the skin irritated, sometimes leading to fever as well.
Eczema makes the skin dry and scaly. Sometimes it retains the water and becomes wet and blistered.
Root cause of Eczema:
The exact cause of eczema is unknown. Every human being has a different body composition. And every person has a different kind of lifestyle, diet, and stress. Neglecting a good diet, following an unhealthy lifestyle, indulging in smoking, alcohol or drugs, and stress at work are the reasons why people neglect their health these days.
However different foods contain allergens also which are responsible for triggering eczema. For example, some people are severely allergic to wheat, prawns, brinjals, etc.
Hence a correct diet plan is what the need of the hour is:
Correct Dite Plan for Eczema Patients
| Time of the Day | Food to be Consumed |
| EARLY-MORNING | Herbal tea/ Cumin seeds juice/ Amla juice / Aloe Vera Juice / Hot water with lemon and honey |
| BREAKFAST | Sprouts / Vegetable soup / vegetable salad / Green tea / Wheat Porridge (Dalia) / Upma/ Poha / Chapatti + Dal. + Veg / Idli / Dosa |
| MID-MORNING | Coconut water / Fruit salad / Herbal tea |
| LUNCH | Chapatti + Parboiled rice + Vegetables + Dal / Pulav |
| EVENING | Vegetable soup / Poha (Rice Flakes) / Light Toast / Green tea / Herbal tea |
| DINNER | Vegetable curry/ Chicken curry/ Fish curry + Chapatti + Dal / Veg dalia / Khichadi |
Diet Instructions
| Category | to be Consumed | to be Avoided |
| CEREALS | Different kinds of Wheat, Quinoa, Rice, Oats, Sorghum, Corn, Finger millet, Foxtail millet, Little millet, Barley | Refined flour and Rye |
| FRUITS | Apple, Banana, Cheery, Melons, Avocado, Peaches, Pear, Pomegranate, Sapodil, Apricot, Blueberries | All citrus fruits like lemon, oranges, sweet lemon, etc; Strawberry, Mango |
| VEGETABLES | Pumpkin, Spinach, Potato, Drumstick, Carrot, Broccoli, Onion, Ginger, Beetroot, the different types of Gourd, Sprouts, Lettuce Zucchini, Mushroom, Bottle gourd, Turnips, Cucumber | Tomatoes, Eggplant or Brinjal, Radish, Garlic |
