Improvement of skin symptoms and mineral imbalance by drinking deep sea water in patients with atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome (AEDS)

Hajime Kimata; Hideyuki Tai; Koji Nakagawa; Yoshindo Yokoyama; Hiroshi Nakajima; Yoshinari Ikegami

Improvement of skin symptoms and mineral imbalance by drinking deep sea water in patients with atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome (AEDS)

Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove). 2002;45(2):83-4.

Authors

Hajime Kimata¹, Hideyuki Tai, Koji Nakagawa, Yoshindo Yokoyama, Hiroshi Nakajima, Yoshinari Ikegami

Affiliation

¹ Department of Allergy, Unitika Central Hospital, Uji-City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. unitikah@m12.alpha-net.ne.jp

PMID: 12325458

Abstract

Deep sea water intake improves skin symptoms and mineral imbalance and decreases serum IgE levels mad IgE-inducing cytokines, IL-4, IL-13 and IL-18 in patients with atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome (AEDS), while distilled water intake fails to do so.

MeSH terms

Adult
Dermatitis, Atopic / immunology
Dermatitis, Atopic / metabolism
Dermatitis, Atopic / pathology
Dermatitis, Atopic / therapy*
Drinking
Hair / chemistry
Humans
Immunoglobulin E / blood
Interleukins / blood
Magnesium / administration & dosage
Middle Aged
Seawater*
Skin / pathology
Trace Elements / analysis

Substances

Interleukins
Trace Elements
Immunoglobulin E
Magnesium