Eczema – how EFT helped our little daughter

Eczema – how EFT helped our little daughter

When our daughter was born, we were so lucky to have this healthy and happy little girl. After three months she started to develop eczema which soon covered her entire little body and although we were quite worried she still seemed pretty happy. We have tried all the recommended remedies like:

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• Nachtkerzenöl
• Kümmelöl
• Allergiebehandlungen

Nothing helped. Then we went on a camping trip to the Mediterranean. We were worried that her skin would be burned by the sun and that the seawater would sting the wounds, but instead her skin magically healed completely in just five days. So we forgot about the ailment for almost two years and believed that her immune system had successfully dealt with the problem. But when we got her vaccinated, she got a very bad flu for six weeks and her skin started itching again.

This time she scratched her joints until they bled. Her stockings and sweater were soaked with blood and stuck to her bleeding joints day and night, and putting them on became a real hardship. Her face consisted of four scabs and a nose. On the playground, other parents took their children away from her because they couldn't believe that something that looked so horrible wasn't contagious.

Again we began our journey to doctors and healers. But again nothing worked and we had no chance to travel to the Mediterranean until she was healthy again.

One day my husband stumbled upon EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). We tried it on several emotional issues we were having, and although we weren't experts, it worked quite well. My husband was very excited and read many articles on the EFT homepage to see what this technique could be used for.

The theory behind EFT is very simple. Gary Craig, the founder of EFT says: “The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system.” The technique primarily involves tuning into a problem, emotion, or event and then tapping on specific acupuncture points until the problem is relieved or gone.

We decided to give it a try. Our little girl scratched herself the hardest before falling asleep. So we assumed that she was already well attuned to the problem at that time. When it was time for bed, I sat on the bed and rocked her, and either I or my husband gently tapped the acupuncture points until our daughter slept. The tapping procedure relaxed her so much that she allowed me to hold her arms so she couldn't scratch herself in the evening. Usually it only took five minutes of tapping before she fell asleep.

After just a few days, the scabs on my chin and forehead came off, and a week later my entire face had healed. We continued the tapping procedure for about two months until she didn't like the tapping. During this time, all of the large wounds had healed and the itching had reduced to almost nothing. Since then, her skin has continued to heal and has had almost no signs of eczema for a year.

Now our daughter allows us to pat her when she feels really bad about something. And she taps us when she feels like we're stressed or sick and that we might need help.

Inspired by Skye Schachten