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Oolong Tea Saved His Skin

Q. I went to some of the best dermatologists in the US, even flying from Florida to Harvard/Mass General. They gave me all sorts of remedies for eczema but I didn’t get the benefit I wanted.
I saw your recommendation and started drinking oolong tea. I went off all the other creams, etc. and it worked great. My eczema is 90 percent gone in ten days.

A. A single study done a decade ago in Japan showed that a liter of oolong tea daily helped more than half of the patients with eczema that had not responded to other treatments (Archives of Dermatology, Jan. 2001).

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About the Author
Terry Graedon, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and co-host of The People’s Pharmacy radio show, co-author of The People’s Pharmacy syndicated newspaper columns and numerous books, and co-founder of The People’s Pharmacy website. Terry taught in the Duke University School of Nursing and was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology. Terry is one of the country's leading authorities on the science behind folk remedies..
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