Guest guest Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Dear all, have any of you come across a skin eczema-like reaction to slippery elm tablets? I have a patient that I had successfully treated for proctitis, she has been fine for about a year without any herbs except that she keeps on taking one slippery elm tablet a day. The skin reaction appeared about two months ago. She is 78 and in great health and spirits. She has not changed her diet recently (she has no dairy nor wheat, and has not for years) but does rely on ready made meals from health food shops. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 soem tabelts contain dairy based excipients (binders). Where are the tablets manufactured? Chenery Rutland Biodynamics Ltd. www.rutlandbio.com RE: RE: slippery elm > > > Dear all, > have any of you come across a skin eczema-like > reaction to slippery elm tablets? I have a patient > that I had successfully treated for proctitis, she has > been fine for about a year without any herbs except > that she keeps on taking one slippery elm tablet a > day. The skin reaction appeared about two months ago. > She is 78 and in great health and spirits. She has not > changed her diet recently (she has no dairy nor wheat, > and has not for years) but does rely on ready made > meals from health food shops. Any suggestions? > > > > > > List Owner > > > > Graham White, MNIMH > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Dear , the tablets are from Phyto and contain Slippery elm, sugar, Malto-Dextrine, gum Acacia, Croscarmellose Sodium, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate, Silica. Do you think any of these could be a culprit? --- herbalist@... wrote: --------------------------------- soem tabelts contain dairy based excipients (binders). Where are the tablets manufactured? Chenery Rutland Biodynamics Ltd. www.rutlandbio.com RE: RE: slippery elm > > > Dear all, > have any of you come across a skin eczema-like > reaction to slippery elm tablets? I have a patient > that I had successfully treated for proctitis, she has > been fine for about a year without any herbs except > that she keeps on taking one slippery elm tablet a > day. The skin reaction appeared about two months ago. > She is 78 and in great health and spirits. She has not > changed her diet recently (she has no dairy nor wheat, > and has not for years) but does rely on ready made > meals from health food shops. Any suggestions? > > > > > > List Owner > > > > Graham White, MNIMH > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Isn't sometimes the lasting secondary reaction to dairy products to the milk sugars rather than to the protein, although the latter may have caused the problem in the first place ? I've no idea what Croscarmellose is but it sounds like a suagr of some sort. I don't suppose the Maltose is a problem and the others sound pretty innocuous. But once you've got an inflamatory reposnse in the gut and all the nice little bugs are turning cartwheels on it, the whole ecology changes and its difficult to predict what could be going on. Chenery Rutland Biodynamics Ltd. www.rutlandbio.com RE: RE: slippery elm > > > > > > > > Dear all, > > have any of you come across a skin eczema-like > > reaction to slippery elm tablets? I have a patient > > that I had successfully treated for proctitis, she > has > > been fine for about a year without any herbs except > > that she keeps on taking one slippery elm tablet a > > day. The skin reaction appeared about two months > ago. > > She is 78 and in great health and spirits. She has > not > > changed her diet recently (she has no dairy nor > wheat, > > and has not for years) but does rely on ready made > > meals from health food shops. Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > List Owner > > > > > > > > Graham White, MNIMH > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Of course, the slippery elm could be entirely innocent and the patient in question could just be congested and needs to clear out through the skin... Benn -- Benn Abdy- MCPP Medical Herbalist Windsor & London 0 or 07957 65 88 90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hi Ben, absolutely, I only suspected slippery elm because the patient was so well for a long period of time and it was the only supplement she has been taking at the time when the skin problem started. Anyway, she seems to be improving now on a general cleansing mix and no slippery elm. So thanks to everybody for all the suggestions. --- Benn Abdy- wrote: --------------------------------- Of course, the slippery elm could be entirely innocent and the patient in question could just be congested and needs to clear out through the skin... Benn -- Benn Abdy- MCPP Medical Herbalist Windsor & London 0 or 07957 65 88 90 List Owner Graham White, MNIMH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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