Re: African Wau wu eczema cream & where can I get creams etc. analysised?

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From: ellie holly

<<a 'herbal' cream from>Ghana called Wau wu cream which is being sold for

childhood eczema>>

Dear Ellie,

Could it be Kigelia africana? I have a health shop leaflet extolling its

virtues for skin problems. It's marketed as Zambesia botanica by A.E. Hobbs

Ltd Tel 01892 546565 email aehobbs@...

Morag Chacksfield BSc, MNMIH

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>I have had two separate enquiries this week regarding a 'herbal' cream from

>Ghana called Wau wu cream which is being sold for childhood eczema and has

>produced improvements over night. Has anybody heard of this cream?

>Also do you know where I could send this cream for analysis to find out what

>it contains and how much this might cost?

Hi,

Funny you should mention it, I've had an enquiry this week too - the

mother had already got hold of some and it had worked well...

....however, there are two " types " of the cream - one with steroid

content and one without...

The suppliers will only sell to chemists and practitioners - but she

couldn't seem to find any.

Apart from being a tad (!) unethical to hide steroids in a " natural "

product, this would, of course, not be in our prescribing arena.

Other comments would be interesting to see - perhaps a straw poll of how

many of us have come across this cream might be interesting...

All the best,

Benn

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Benn Abdy- MNIMH

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Trease and says Kigelia contains napthoquinoids and iridoids and has

antibacterial qualities

NB One sometimes hears of products turning up from unregulated countries

with

liberal dollops of steroids in them - that might produce a change overnight,

or a criminal investigation, depending......which of course brings to mind

the topic of.......oh, er.....never mind!

African Wau wu eczema cream & where can I get

creams etc. analysised?

> Dear All,

> I have had two separate enquiries this week regarding a 'herbal' cream

from

> Ghana called Wau wu cream which is being sold for childhood eczema and has

> produced improvements over night. Has anybody heard of this cream?

> Also do you know where I could send this cream for analysis to find out

what

> it contains and how much this might cost?

> I will be very gratefull for any suggestions.

> Ellie Holly.

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> Dear All,

> I have had two separate enquiries this week regarding a 'herbal' cream

from

> Ghana called Wau wu cream which is being sold for childhood eczema and has

> produced improvements over night. Has anybody heard of this cream?

Why not just recommend hemp seed oil cream as produced by our very own

Stuart Fitz. I have found it almost 100% effective in childhood

eczema, and you don't need to worry about strange ingredients and possible

contaminants (and he'll tell you what's in it).

Cheers

Graham White B.Sc. (Herb. Med.), MNIMH.

Medical Herbalist

Bishop's Stortford & Buntingford

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