The Herbalist – Skin Stories These real skin stories show how effective Traditional Chinese Medicine can be for managing eczema – and indeed other skin conditions. When following the advice of your consultant and making a few lifestyle adjustments, you could see an improvement in your skin too.

Dermatological issues often have more than one cause. Genetics, the skin barrier, immune activity, weather, soaps, stress, and food reactions can all play a part. With eczema, the skin barrier tends to lose moisture more easily. That makes it easier for irritants to get in, which can trigger redness, itching, cracking, or weeping. Traditional Chinese Medicine looks at those signs in a different way. Rather than asking only, “What cream will calm this patch?”, it asks, “Why..