Improvement of Skin Symptoms and Mineral Imbalance by Drinking Deep Sea Water in Patients with Atopic Eczema/Dermatitis Syndrome (AEDS)

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

doi:10.14712/18059694.2019.59

Acta Medica > Archive > 2002, Vol. 45 > Issue 2 > Improvement of Skin Symptoms and Mineral…

Acta Med. 2002, 45: 83-84

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.59

Improvement of Skin Symptoms and Mineral Imbalance by Drinking Deep Sea Water in Patients with Atopic Eczema/Dermatitis Syndrome (AEDS)

Hajime Kimata^a, Hideyuki Tai^b, Koji Nakagawa^b, Yoshindo Yokoyama^b, Hiroshi Nakajima^b, Yoshinari Ikegami^b

^aUnitika Central Hospital, Department of Allergy, Uji-City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
^bAko Kasei Co., Ltd., Ako-City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Received February 1, 2002
Accepted April 1, 2002

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