If so, you are on a winner! According to this bit of research from the College of Pharmacy in Chunchon, Korea, rhubarb can ease eczema – or to quote them in full, Inhibition of experimental atopic dermatitis by rhubarb (rhizomes of Rheum tanguticum) and 5-lipocygenase inhibition …
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Cycling for allergy
Well done Ashley James – brother to four-year-old Edward who, along with their mum, has life-threatening allergies. Ashley, who suffers from asthma himself, is 13 but is already an old hand at awareness raising as, with all of the rest of his family, he took part in the Bupa …
Worms for MS?
MS (multiple sclerosis) is not a illness that FoodsMatter deals with regularly, although we do have an article pending suggesting that diet can be really helpful in managing the condition. But I do have a very old friend who has had it for over 50 years – so I tend to prick up my …
Eosinophils – and helminths?….
Your first baby is now six months old – and in all that six months, not only have you not had one unbroken night, but you have never got more than two hours sleep at a time as your baby never sleeps – just screams and screams and screams. And.... not only does he (or it could be …
Dairy disappointment
From all the headlines over the last few weeks, dairy allergics could not be blamed for thinking that all their problems had been solved – if Australian A2 milk did not do it for them, then Daisy, the hypo-allergenic New Zealand cow certainly would... But, alas, beyond the hype, …