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Understanding itching will do away with the itching, rather than experimenting with different medicines over a long period of time and suffering accordingly. I reproduce below one posting of "HA21", who had given a very good theory and explanation on ITCHING. HA21 had posted this article on itching, sometime back on this forum = http://www.abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/18104/1

SUPERFICIAL ITCHING REASONS : These are usually temporary.
1. Sometimes even a light caress triggers off any itching syndrome. Like wearing of loose cloths, like taking off your cloths. It is like tingling the skin sensory receptors. It may get triggered or may not get triggered depends on individual's own sensivity n resistances.
2. Itching may be triggered off due to : like warming up of skin, chapping - cracking - broken skin, exposure to dry or cold air, food allergy, certain chemicals, certain sodium based foods, exciting drugs or medicines like synthetic vitamins (C,E ..), a pin prick or a insect bite, loss of skin moisture - that is Sebum oil (dryness), excessive moisture retention - (like persipiration ... causing growth of abnormal bacteria and fungus) and many more reasons
3. A abnormal pulse rate also triggers itching, besides other symptoms.
4. Disagreeable stimulating intoxicants like tobacco, alcohol, dried lizard skin powder, un-purified drugs like smack, grasss and so on. (heroine, morphine are purified drugs)
5. Certain foods like Mushrooms, certain Sea foods, Animal proteins, certain Roots .....
6. Certain stimulating spices like Ginger, Nutmeg, Mint, Turmeric, Red chillies ...

PHYSICAL INTERNAL ITCHING REASONS : These are more dangerous and persistant.
1. Faulty digestion : When the G.I. tract malfunctions (specially the lower - Large Intestine or colon, wherein if the feaces (stools - potty) are retained longer or the moisture (water) is less in the colon, this will trigger a very large area itching anywhere in the body surface, besides causing a host of physical n mental irritations.

2. Faulty cell celluar structure metabolism i.e. creation-shedding of regime. Normally the skin cell regenerates totally to the top layer in about 4 weeks. Any change in this timings, triggers off persistant and intense itching. When a old skin cell does not fall off or shed off easily and the waiting new skin cell is restricted to form upwards, the squirming action the cellular structure generates causes intense itching - this itching forcefully re-arranges the old and the new skin cell stucture by loosening up the old skin cell. (more prominently understood in a psorasis skin disorder cases or even in fine cut woung healing cases or burn healing cases)

PSYCHOLOGICAL ITCHING REASONS : This is most dangerous of all.
Itching may be triggered off due to hundreds of factors (triggers) like mood irritiability, sudden excitement like loud noises, sudden emotions like fear - anger, sudden things like loud ringing of telephone bell, financial insecurity, memories of bad experiences or incidents, frightened, anxiety, annoyed with office people or family relations, deliberate suppresion of feelings n emotions, and so on.

Itching can occur from the top of the head to the tip of the toe. From inside to outside of the body. From back to front. It may change place several times. Itching can be burning, bloody n maddening. Itching is really a relieving off your body emotions. a most satisfying way the body entertains itself, but at the cost of the psychic irritation. A sudden discharge of histamine due to any of the above reasons will trigger of a itching.You can suppress the discharge of histamine by taking anti-histamine drugs/injections, thereby suppresseing the itching - though again only temporarily. The nerve endings leading upto the skin surface, causes the itching due to the excitement / irritation due to any of the above reasons. There is no element of bacteria or otherwise involved in itching, as made out by the prejudiced conventional medical faternity.

Certain persons react to loud noises or excitement by increasing / decreasing their Blood Pressure. Similarly, certain persons react to these loud noises / excitement ... by sensitising themselves to trigger ( = start) an itching.

Following (any) will relieve off itching - though only temporarily : (not constitutionally)
1. Have a Epsom-salt water bath - immediately AFTER a regular bath.
2. Have a Pottasiam Permagnate bath - immediately AFTER a regular bath.
3. Have a Soda Bi-carb bath - immediately AFTER a regular bath.
4. Have a Calendula Q solution bath - immediately AFTER a regular bath.
5. Rub ice cubes or keep/apply ice-bag on the itching part.
6. Periodic colon flushing, using Epsom salt as base.
7. Reduce acidic foods and increase alkalie foods. Keep saliva pH above 7.3. (optimum pH is 7.4 for high-thermal countries and pH 7.5 for low-thermal countries.
8. Intake of pysillium husk
9. Soda-bicarb - one teaspoon full, dissolved in 300 ml water, after heavy meals.

How the nerve endings get irritated : Imagine a Rattle snake (the snake body is the nerve). Now imagine the Tail of the Rattle snake which persistantly vibrates vigrously (only when excited). Here imagine the Tail is the nerve ending point - which to understand is the under-layer END of the skin. Here the nerve ending vibrates at the under-layer of the skin causing the exciting irritation (say - itching). This irritation is the called the itching. This release of irritation is actually the release of emotion the internal phsyical body wants to get rid off - the self preservation factor is the prime concern here for the internal phsyical body.

The Rattle snake, to safeguard itself, rattles its tail, setting off an Audio trigger response by creating an rattling sound. The human body, to safe guard itself, excites the nerve endings n creates itching to get rid of the internal body irritation.

Scratching or rubbing or caressing causes an effect called "counter-irritation". You can slap the skin or apply ice or apply hot bag to create the "counter-irritation". Homoeopathically you can say : to relieve off the old-existing symptom, you create another more powerful symptom (say - stimuli, though only temporarily). The new temporary powerful symptom while curing clears off the old-existing symptom.

HOMOEOPATHICALLY (though unconstitutionally) : PSORINUM-1M, liquid, 4 drops on freshly scrapped clean tongue, early morning one dose only, every fifteen'th day. Total-in-all 4 doses = 16 drops in 60 days.

BIO-CHEMICALLY : Along with Psorinum, must take NATRUM SULPH-6X, 6 tablets every 4 hours, for a long time.

ALLOPATHY'ICALLY : Anti-Histamine drugs - safe for occasional usage. Refrain from calcium blockers or blood thinners.

AYURVEDICALLY : Extract of SENNA leaves + Extract of Emblica officinalis (amla / avala) - a teaspoonful each - just before heavy meals.

BACH FLOWER REMEDIES : Following cocktail of remedies mixed together. CRAB APPLE + SCRALANTHUS + WHITE CHESTNUT. In liquid form - take 10 drops of the above cocktail, every fifth hour (3 doses per day), directly on clean tongue. For many days, even after the symptoms are relieved off.

Incidently - deep breathing and relaxation reduces off itching, faster.

keep smiling ... HA21
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I have found it useful, hence I have reproduced the above for the benefit of all.

i have exactly what everyone else posting has, and am just as desperate... thought i'd share that:]
wierd...

I also have had itching all over my body just last month. I was very sick with nausea and throwing up. It lasted for over 3 weeks. I went to a doctor and he put me on an elimination diet. After eliminating everything (I mean everything) except fruit & vegetables and a natural anti-inflamation powder, the itching went away completely. I was also told I may have kideny issues. I read that all over itching can be a symptom of kidney problems.

I had this about 3 years ago! But I got it after a holiday in Mexico. I think I'd picked it up in my travels(either at the destination or during my traveling). I eventually decided it was some kind of a minute parasite that I couldn't see. Here is how I eventually got rid of it.

1. Washed all clothing and bedding in HOT water. I mean as Hot as possible and dried them in a HOT dryer for atleast 40 minutes.

2. I submerged myself in a hot-tub. I tried hot showers, but it didnt work for me except for limited relief. I had to totally submerge myself to kill all of whatever it was I had.

I researched and researched and never really found out much about it, but this worked for me. It took more than a few times to totally rid myself of this.

I have fabric auto seats and all blankets and towels had to be washed. And I was feeling so bad from the exhausting itching I could barely make myself do all of this.
One thing I did notice that I still have is very tiny red dots on my skin that I never had before that episode, but still have today long after it.
Start with a load of clean laundry and get yourself submerged in hot tub some how some way. It was really my only relief. Hope it works for you!

My hives started about 10-12 weeks ago. Small ones at first. Now I have large patches on my back, stomach - sometimes feet and legs. I had kinesiology testing recently which showed the "energy" to my liver and spleen is not good. I am taking food-based/herbal supplements to cleanse and support my liver and cleanse my colon. So far this has done nothing to relieve my symptoms. Benadryl and Claritin have provided very minor relief - yet I know they don't get to the root of the problem. Could someone suggest a homeopathic remedy?

i m not Dr(no licence to kill) but like joe love 2 b .......
pls try combination,wont harm (1)ECHINACEA Q (2)HYDROCOTYLE Q
Alternate 10 drops from each in little water 34 times a day.....for few days
PETROLIUM200 one dose weekly (4 doses)
CHRYSAROBINUM cream from brooks

PLEASE correct 3 to 4 times a day

I've had 24/7 constant itching over my total body for years and years. I would scrtch sub-conciously and had abrasions and redness on elbows, knees, legs, and arms. Girlfriends would scream - Quit Scratching!! No doctor helped. I read on another forum chlorine in my drinking water could be the cause. Having tried everything else over the years, I began to drink only filtered water listing NO chlorine. I made coffee, iced tea, ice cubes, and cooked with it. After about one week I was watching TV and it hit me ... NO itching!! I have not itched for several months. It is wonderful. A few weeks ago I forgot and drank some iced tea in a cafeteria made with regular tap drinking water and the itch returned that night for a short while. I hope this helps others that may be allergic to chlorine also and don't know it.

Hi Folks

I am suffering from a itching problem from the last 4 months. It was August when I first encounter this problem. I had taken some medication from the doctor who conduct several type of food allergic test on my blood and also try to check me on some sort of food which she consider might be one reason . And she also prescribed me 2 kind of different tablets and some body oils and lotions. but these did not help me a lot. After 2 month I consult to another doctor who ask me to take some calcium in forum of some SAFT / juice which I did and this also did not help much. I will really appreciate if someone help me on this. I want to mention some more facts about me.

• My skin goes reddish after itching when I scrub skin with something (my hand or something else like cloth). Due to itching even I can not even sleep properly
• I am a pure vegetarian, non-alcoholic, non smoker
• I am an Asian living in Germany from Last 8 months but problem starts since last 4 months.
• I did not try any special food or something like that which can be allergic to my body.
• I already tried tons of external agents like soap , creams and oils which did not help and I strongly believe that there is something wrong inside my body
• Problem first start in August (hot/warm) weather and continue till now Nov (cold) weather

I hope someone will suggest me something which will help me

Regards- JASWANT

My father (64 yrs. old) is suffering from a similar problem. He's losing lots of sleep, is uncharacteristically grumpy and understandably quite concerned. Any help or guidance any one could suggest would be most appreciated!

Some information about his condition:

Very healthy overall. 64 year old white male. Father lived 'til 91. Mother alive at 90. In the last ten years his health issues include Pleurisy, floater in the eye, cold extremities.

He's now experiencing a somewhat internal itch that began under one arm and over the course of six months has spread across his chest to his other arm, down his torso to his legs and then up to his neck and head. Only feet, face, and hands don't itch at this point.

He shows no visible rash or symptoms of the itch, but does have a curiously inflammed elbow. It's a very deep red under the skin, like a bruise, but has remained unchanged for months. It's very sore and he does not recall injuring it.

He's now been tested for liver, kidney, blood issues. Had an MRI for cancer screening, X-rays of the elbow (no fracture). Per doctor's recommendations, he's tried anti-depressants, benedryl, steroids, pain killers, lotions, creams etc. Nothing helps.

I sent him to a naturpath who prescribed sunflower seeds and vitamin B. No relief. It's not scabies or any other parasite doctors can find.

If anyone has an idea of what he might try next, please advise! We're looking into Celiac disease currently, so he's off wheat for this week...

Thank you!!

Hi I have read your post and your father's symptoms are identical to my mother's (68 year old).
She experienced a mild internal itching sensation a few months ago but she believed it was bed mites and it did go away. Recently this same internal itch has returned - no external or visible skin rash - and is far more violent. She feels it all over her body and continually scratches. Naturally this has brought on severe insomnia and she is understandably irritable. Her doctor has prescribed her Prednosone and epsom salt baths. The cortesone provides some temporary relief but it quickly returns. It would be great to know if your father has found a cure for his rash as the doctors seem to be at a loss.