[Everything doTERRA] Re: Severe Itching/Rash

My Mom has come to visit, and so I am helping her deal with this
horrible itchy rash in person, rather than hearing about it over the
phone. It is too soon to declare victory, but I believe that we are
making headway.

The day she arrived, I got my first look at the rash in the evening.
It is like a bad sunburn on her back--the skin actually puffed up and
was very hot and inflamed. Applying oils did not seem to help; even
helichrysum greatly diluted with FCO was too much. We started treating
with cold compresses (just water) and a dilute solution of apple cider
vinegar in a spray bottle. That seems to calm it down. Yesterday after
a really bad flare-up, we started GX Assist. She had 2 flare-ups in
the night, but less intense than usual. Today her back was much
better, and she has had just one flare-up. Her naturopath already had
her on a very restricted diet: no animal products, lots of vegetables,
no gluten or refined carbs of any kind. No sugar. We are treating it
like candidiasis: internally with GX Assist and externally with a gel
we found that is called Nature's Aid. It is just aloe, vitamin E,
witchhazel, rosemary and melaleuca. It seems to draw the heat right
out of the skin. I am also using Roman Chamomile, and am going to add
Rosemary tomorrow, if she muscle-tests strong for it. She is here for
2 weeks, and I hope that by the time she leaves, we will have the
upper hand on this thing.

Oh, one other thing--she has had lots and lots of skin tags erupt
recently around the neck area. Could this be related? I don't know
anything about skin tags!

How are the other itchy rashes doing? What products and what protocols
are you using? If anyone has advice, please post!

On May 13, 11:04 pm, energy4life <cin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My elderly mother (nearly 82) has been suffering terribly from
> something that sounds exactly like this. She is under a lot of stress
> right now, and every time she talks about the difficult subject, the
> itching flares right up. The rash has travelled from her back/
> shoulders up her neck, down her arms and now on her abdomen. We
> thought at first that it was a reaction to one of the oils, but it has
> persisted and gotten worse. She has been at her wits' end.
>
> Do any of you other itchers and scratchers have a flare-up when you
> are upset? I am wondering if she is reacting to the cortisol in her
> own system, and if there is any way to counteract/neutralise it.
>
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