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Treatment of psoriasis by alternative means

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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Modern medicine can not offer any one of the most effective medicines for the treatment of psoriasis. All sprays, ointments, creams, therapeutic procedures, tablets only help to eliminate unpleasant symptoms and make the life of the patient more qualitative, to prevent and ease the manifestations of relapses. Then, when the belief in medications disappears, many patients turn their attention to alternative means.

Treatment of psoriasis in the home

Many of those who suffer from psoriasis for a long time, try to try all possible means to get rid of plaques and peeling for many years. One of the most effective means in alternative medicine is tar. Although most patients note that it helps cure plaques only if psoriasis has started relatively recently.

Before treatment with birch tar, be sure to check if you have an allergic reaction to this substance. This can be done with a special sample. Dampen a small amount of tar wadding and apply the product on the elbow bend. If you suffer from allergies, its first signs (reddening, itching, peeling) will appear in half an hour. Remember that there are no other contraindications for using birch tar.

Treatment with this drug lasts 2-6 weeks, depending on the stage and severity of the disease. You can buy tar in any pharmacy. Apply with a cotton swab on those patches of skin that have been affected by psoriasis. The first days of tar treatment are applied only for ten minutes. After this, it must be washed off with tar soap. Gradually, the time of therapy is increased to 40 minutes per day. It is best to apply tar in the evening.

In a couple of days you will be able to see the first positive results. But in no case do not stop treatment until all the plaques disappear completely.

Despite the fact that birch tar is considered the best alternative to psoriasis, some patients prefer other treatment options.

Even chronic forms of psoriasis can be easily cured with conventional baking soda. In some patients after it comes a long-term remission, which is difficult to achieve with the help of medications. The most simple and inexpensive option for treating psoriasis with soda is the use of baths with this substance.

To do this, hot water is added to the bathroom and 900 g of soda is added to it. If necessary, you can also add sea salt, chamomile infusions or alternatives. In the bathroom you need to lie down for at least half an hour to get an effective curative result. After that, never wash off soda from the skin and do not wipe it off.

Such baths are received in one day from two to eight weeks. Until there is complete remission.

Some patients claim that to cure psoriatic plaques quickly and permanently helps copper sulfate. To use this recipe, you will need the following ingredients: yellow sulfur (in the form of a powder), copper vitriol, dried celandine (in the form of powder), pork fat and birch tar. Take 50 g of sulfur and 50 g of burnt vitriol (in the form of powder). There you also add 25 g of birch tar and celandine, as well as 150 g of fat. Put the mixture on a water bath, stir. Then allow to cool.

Obtained ointment should be lubricated with plaque once a day (best before bedtime). That there were no problems in the form of an allergy, it is necessary to try or taste at first an ointment on a small site of a skin.

Alternative treatment of psoriasis of the scalp

For the treatment of psoriasis of the scalp, shampoos made at home are best. The most effective is the following recipe.

Take 20 g of honey, baby shampoo and protein of one egg. All these ingredients must be thoroughly mixed and applied to the head every day for three to eight weeks for 15-20 minutes.

No less effective in the treatment of psoriasis of the scalp are a variety of infusions and decoctions, which are taken inwards. Among them, it should be noted:

  1. Take 20 g of elderberry flowers and pour 500 g of boiling water. Insist for about 1.5 hours. It is necessary to take the tincture every day an hour after eating (120 g).
  2. Take the roots of ayr and elecampane and connect them with celandine, St. John's Wort, leaves of cranberry, field horsetail and flowers of black elderberry. 10 g of the mixture must be poured with boiling water (250 g).

Treatment of plantar psoriasis by alternative means

The most effective treatment for plantar psoriasis is fat or machine solidol. At the same time, please note that only simple salts help, which is sold for the lubrication of metal automotive parts. Today you can see different preparations based on this substance with plant components, but they, as practice shows, do not bring the desired result.

Immediately it is worth adjusting yourself to long-term treatment (one to two months). Plantar psoriasis is usually treated long enough and hard, since the plaques are in a place that often comes into contact with other surfaces.

For treatment, it is only necessary to spread the affected skin with solidol. In the early days, spread salt oil for 15-20 minutes and every day (within a week), increase this time to 40 minutes. Be sure to rinse off the salt after use with tar soap.

Alternative treatment of nail psoriasis

In order to improve the condition of nails with psoriasis, the following alternative remedy is recommended.

Take laurel leaves (20 g) and pour 400 grams of them with boiled hot water. Cook for about ten minutes on a small fire. After this, cool and strain. Infusion should be taken orally by a third glass three times a day. The therapy lasts up to seven days. After this, it is worth to make a two-day break, and then again drink the old scheme, until all the symptoms of the disease disappear.

You can also rub directly into the nail plate a liquid form of vitamin A (retinol). But it is worth taking into consideration that such treatment will last at least three months. Some use nail trays with cornstarch or oatmeal.

Alternative means of treating psoriasis on the elbows

One of the most effective means for treating psoriatic plaques on the elbows is egg ointment. Many patients claim that thanks to this drug they managed to achieve a stable remission for several years.

In order to prepare the egg ointment, the following ingredients are needed: in a 200-gram jar of glass, put one raw egg (with the shell). Pour it with acetic essence, which should completely cover the egg. Close the lid and put in a dark and cool place for one day. Remove the egg and crush it with the shell. There add a little pork or goose fat. Stir.

This ointment should be applied to the affected elbows in a small amount, since at first the agent will be unpleasant enough to burn. After a while you can increase the amount. After 1-2 hours, wash off the ointment with water and spread the skin with an ordinary cream (the baby is best suited). Apply only once a day. The effectiveness of this tool can be seen pretty soon (2-3 days). The therapy continues until the complete disappearance of plaques.

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Treatment of psoriasis with herbs

Medicinal herbs are often used to treat psoriasis. But the most effective among them is the portland, in particular its seeds. Since ancient times, garden porcelain is considered to be the safest treatment for psoriasis. Also it should be remembered that this plant helps to achieve long-term remission, which is quite difficult to obtain with the help of conventional medicines.

Portulac can be purchased either in a pharmacy or in an online store. If you are going to buy through the Internet, then you need to pay attention to the "Gathering of garden porcelain".

For effective therapy, you need to create a concentrated tincture. To do this, take two tablespoons of seeds of portolac and brew them in boiled water in a thermos. After the infusion is standing (about an hour), you can apply it to the affected areas of the skin. Remember that the skin should be wet from the tincture.

The therapy lasts from four to six weeks and during this time the patient can completely get rid of psoriatic plaques. Remission is long enough. In some cases, maybe even five years.

Treatment of psoriasis by homeopathy

Homeopathic remedies are often used to treat psoriasis. At the same time, some of them help to completely rid of psoriatic plaques, as well as get a long-term remission. But immediately it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that treatment with homeopathy is lengthy and rather complicated. In no case should you refuse treatment in the middle of the course, otherwise you will not get effective and positive results.

The main homeopathic drug for the treatment of psoriasis today is Psorinochel. He is prescribed ten drops twice a day (morning and afternoon). Simultaneously with this remedy, the Hepel tablets are also prescribed, which are taken twice (morning and evening).

Note that homeopathic medicines are usually not as effective if taken separately from medical devices.

Rating of recipes for alternative medicine in the treatment of psoriasis

Remember that alternative medicine is considered more effective in the first stages of the disease, when the patient has the first plaques on the skin.

Among the most popular alternative recipes are the following:

  1. Purity is perhaps the most famous medicinal plant, which is used, including, for the treatment of psoriasis. Most often use its juice. Such treatment is carried out in the summer, since it is during this period that the celandine begins to blossom. Fresh plant juice is applied to psoriatic plaques immediately after harvesting the plant. The therapy lasts about three months and during this time the patient can see an effective result.
  2. Nut shell - it is used to prepare warm baths. Applied during an exacerbation of the disease. To make such a bath, you need to take half a kilogram of walnut shell and insist in boiling water. Lying in a bath is recommended for half an hour.
  3. Labaznik - the root of this medicinal plant is used to treat psoriasis. It must be used as a powder. To prepare an ointment based on the root of a mulberry, you need to take Vaseline or oil and half a glass of crushed root. Boil the mixture on a water bath and smear it with affected areas of the skin.

Effective treatment of psoriasis by alternative means

Alternative treatment in the fight against psoriatic plaques is more effective. It helps to achieve long-term remission (in some cases even up to five years), and also to cleanse the skin of unpleasant external manifestations faster. Each patient chooses for himself the most effective and proven method. The most popular today are: birch tar, celandine juice, tincture of viburnum, baking soda, machine saltol. But it is worth understanding that you may be allergic to these drugs, so before using them you need to test for allergic reactions.

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