She never touched a drop of liquor in her still extent 94 years of active life. I did and that potentiated the dragons attempt to eat my life. In the first three weeks before I was diagnosed I noticed that the itch varied in severity according what and how I ate. A little experimenting with diet showed me that I could control the system stress that causes the itch to occur. So I became mostly a restricted vegetarian, can't eat peppers though, and that really burns me off.
Stress comes from many sources, diet, fatigue, emotions, bowel distress.
Here is my recipe for a first line stress reducing diet assault on the itch. Drink several glasses of water between meals. Get plenty of rest,and eat no other foods until the itch is gone. There is an expression amongst us responders. For a while you won't be able to figure out if your agony is from the virus or from the Rebotron.