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How mother's homemade eczema cure turned into a £100,000-a-year business
Daily Mail ^ | 12:46 AM on 21st March 2011 | Alison Smith Squire

Posted on 03/21/2011 12:32:34 AM PDT by Niuhuru

When she was a toddler, Lula Balmond’s eczema was so bad that she had to be bandaged every night to help her sleep.

And when Great Ormond Street children’s hospital said they wanted to admit her for two weeks, her mother Natalie was at her wits’ end.

So in desperation she concocted her own cure in kitchen –and it worked.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: business; cure; dsj; eczema; homemade
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Something nice and homey to read about among all the bad news.
1 posted on 03/21/2011 12:32:38 AM PDT by Niuhuru
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To: Niuhuru

He grew out of it. Don’t know. Just sayin’


2 posted on 03/21/2011 12:39:04 AM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Niuhuru

Marked.


3 posted on 03/21/2011 12:39:50 AM PDT by Crim
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bm


4 posted on 03/21/2011 12:49:26 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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Only 100,000 pounds a year from a ‘miracle cure?’ Something doesn’t add up here.


5 posted on 03/21/2011 1:16:18 AM PDT by lmr (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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Only 100,000 pounds a year from a ‘miracle cure?’ Something doesn’t add up here.

Must be a minor miracle.

6 posted on 03/21/2011 1:26:42 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: Niuhuru

Sore skin, LOL


7 posted on 03/21/2011 2:01:36 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: lmr

I smell hype....


8 posted on 03/21/2011 2:16:52 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Applied Christianity;a study in spiritual fiber optics connecting God's love to man!)
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I have a cat with skin problems and a geriatric cat. Vet bills for the former were high, so I did some research and made up a batch of homecooked cat food, following a recipe for Spot’s Stew which I found online.

Not only did it cure the allergic cat’s skin problems, but the big surprise is the older cat.

She had been throwing up at least once a day. Now she does it once a month. She was playing about once a month; now she does that every day.

She looks better. She is more alert. Her coat looks better. She has a neurological tic that has significantly decreased. She did have seizures; I haven’t seen any since giving her her new diet.

And they LOVE the taste of it.


9 posted on 03/21/2011 2:48:08 AM PDT by alnick
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And they LOVE the taste of it.

Wow. Maybe I should start eating it.

10 posted on 03/21/2011 2:49:54 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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You could. It’s just chicken and vegetables and sweet potatoes. It is ground up to a gloppy texture, though, but it smells good. :-)


11 posted on 03/21/2011 2:53:40 AM PDT by alnick
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You could. It’s just chicken and vegetables and sweet potatoes. It is ground up to a gloppy texture, though, but it smells good. :-)

Although I'm not a big fan of sweet potatoes it does sound good. And sometimes my wife accuses me of being ground up to a gloppy texture, but I try to smell good. :0)

12 posted on 03/21/2011 3:06:22 AM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: Niuhuru

Two words: magnesium chloride. It cures eczema


13 posted on 03/21/2011 3:10:24 AM PDT by numberonepal (Yes We Cain!)
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To: alnick
My wife that exact same combination.


And yep...no puking and no seizures...I still shed seasonally though...;)
14 posted on 03/21/2011 3:14:11 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
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Tablets ? Topical? what would the eczema treatment be?


15 posted on 03/21/2011 4:13:00 AM PDT by scottteng (Proud parent of a Life scout)
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To: mdmathis6

No, it’s not hype until the package containing the “miracle” ingredient states the words “As seen on TV” and the television commercials use the words “amazing, miracle, secret,” and phrases such as “if you call now we will double your order” and a whole host of words and phrases found on every scam ever presented.

Only then, you will know that you have a real quality item and your friends and neighbors will come over and look at awe at the thing you bought, wishing that they too had ordered the miracle thing and got 2 for the price of 15.


16 posted on 03/21/2011 4:47:42 AM PDT by DH (48th TFW, A&E Lakenheath England, 67-70)
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How mother's homemade eczema cure turned into a £100,000-a-year business.

How she had to make the cream because the NHS wouldn't allow her an RX for it..

How the British tax man took 80% of that 100,000 in income taxes, VATS and punitive fees.

17 posted on 03/21/2011 4:51:28 AM PDT by riri
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To: numberonepal

Orally or topically?


18 posted on 03/21/2011 4:53:01 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Niuhuru

My husband accidently discovered that Burt’s Bees is far more effective for his eczema (stress related) than all of the stuff that had been prescribed during the years. He quit using the prescription meds years ago. Based on that I am quite willing to believe creams based on natural ingredients will work.


19 posted on 03/21/2011 5:06:29 AM PDT by Roses0508
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Details please?


20 posted on 03/21/2011 5:06:53 AM PDT by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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