Skin and allergy patterns
The skin is not isolated. It reflects digestion, immune reactivity, circulation, stress load, and inflammation. When the underlying system is unstable, the skin becomes reactive: itching, rashes, flare cycles, dryness, or heat signs. Treatment focuses on reducing inflammatory load, calming immune reactivity, and restoring regulation from the inside out.
What drives skin and allergy symptoms
Skin and allergy patterns usually sit on top of immune dysregulation, digestive sensitivity, and stress physiology. If only the surface is treated, the pattern returns. The sequence matters.
Immune over-reactivity
The immune system can become hypersensitive, reacting strongly to minor triggers. This shows as hives, itching, sinus congestion, or flare-ups after food, stress, or environmental exposure.
Digestive and gut-skin connection
Bloating, reflux, irregular stools, and food sensitivity often sit behind chronic skin patterns. When digestion is unstable, inflammatory load rises and the skin reflects it.
Heat and inflammatory load
Redness, burning, swelling, and intense itching are often signs of internal inflammatory patterns. Reducing this load is essential before attempting deeper nourishment or stimulation.
What I assess in the first visit
I map the flare pattern, then identify the system that triggers it. The timing of itching, heat, congestion, or swelling is often more revealing than the label.
Flare pattern mapping
- Location of rash or itching and whether it moves or stays fixed.
- Triggers: stress, food, weather change, infection, hormonal shifts.
- Heat signs: redness, burning, night aggravation.
- Dryness vs weeping patterns and how quickly flares escalate.
- Sinus, throat, or chest allergy overlap.
System drivers
- Digestion: bloating, reflux, stool quality, food sensitivity.
- Stress physiology: tension, poor sleep, emotional volatility.
- Metabolic signs: cravings, thirst, inflammation tendency.
- Circulation and fluid regulation patterns.
- Tongue and pulse to confirm the underlying pattern.
How treatment is structured
Skin and allergy work responds best to staged treatment. We calm reactivity first, then stabilise digestion and circulation, then build resilience so flares reduce in intensity and frequency.
Stage 1: Reduce inflammatory load
Calm immune reactivity, settle heat signs, and reduce flare triggers. This often reduces itching intensity and shortens flare duration.
Stage 2: Stabilise digestion and regulation
Improve gut stability, reduce food-trigger patterns, and improve sleep and stress control. The aim is to reduce the background drivers that feed the skin.
Stage 3: Build resilience
Strengthen immune tolerance and recovery capacity so seasonal shifts, stress spikes, or minor exposures do not trigger full flare cycles.