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Final update:- In desperation I visited a chinese herbalist (also qualified western doctor) because I couldn't spend another night trying to sleep through intolerable itching. She gave me one of the most thorough examinations I have ever experienced. She exlained that I had exzema, not psoriasis, and was not caused by stress. She explained that since I quit ciggies, and have developed an exercise/swimming regime, my body is reacting by 'cleansing itself of toxins' hence exzema. She advised me to carry on with the doctor's tablets, to allow time for them to work, and also gave me a pot of herbal anti - itching cream, (huang lian gao) advised me to keep an eye on my diet, and consume plenty of water. The total cost of this consultation including cream? The gran sum of £4-00. I gave her a fiver gladly. She had my shirt off and looked at chest and back, checked pulse, examined scalp, back of neck etc., My own g.p couldn't be bothered to get up of his arse and look in my hair. No wonder this country is being overtaken by eastern countries such as China and Japan.
Bob