Treatment of psoriasis in the home - home treatment
Since ancient times there have been healers who have copied the experience of healing with herbs and various folk remedies. Some part of this knowledge subsequently merged into science, and the other part remained the property of folk medicine. Over the centuries, the skills of doctors have been perfected and perfected, passing from generation to generation. Although traditional methods of treatment are not recognized as official medicine, they have many admirers who speak positively about them. To this day, traditional healers use the accumulated knowledge for prevention and, of course, the treatment of various diseases at home and psoriasis is no exception.
What is the disease?
Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease of the skin with complex, yet practically unexplored mechanisms of development, which is mainly inherited. The disease can begin to develop in virtually any area of the skin, forming dry, slightly elevated areas, called psoriatic plaques. This wave is characterized by a wave flow, with periods of exacerbation and weakening, but in certain cases the disease can have a constant progression.
Over time, the lesion area increases, covering new areas of skin with plaques, and over time the disease can spread throughout the body. And the disease affects not only the skin, but also nails and even joints.
It should be noted that the treatment of psoriasis at home and folk remedies is quite effective, but first you should know the specific features of such therapy:
- For the most prolonged weakening of psoriasis it makes sense to try several methods at once, as the body of each person has its own characteristics, respectively, there may be a different reaction to the same drugs;
- For the first results it is necessary to pass the entire course of non-traditional treatment of psoriasis, and this procedure takes at least 10 days;
- Also, as with conventional treatment, folk medicine requires an integrated approach, in other words, decoctions should be taken orally, and ointments applied to damaged areas of the skin;
- When starting treatment with folk methods, it is necessary to observe proper nutrition, as well as to protect the skin from excessive exposure to wind, sunlight and frost.
Treatment of psoriasis with herbs
In order to prepare a healing drug, you need knowledge of several recipes of traditional medicine and the necessary components purchased at the nearest pharmacy. Here are a few of the most popular recipes.
Three prescriptions for celandine treatment:
- For internal use it is necessary to prepare an infusion: 1 tbsp. A spoonful of grass is poured over with boiling water for 20 minutes. Take it should be every day for 50 grams for half an hour before eating. The ready-made broth is stored for no more than two days;
- According to another recipe, you need to take 1 part of the juniper berries( juniper can be replaced by a yarrow inflorescence in the same proportion), 2 parts of the horsetail, 3 parts of St. John's wort and 4 parts of celandine. The resulting mixture is poured with steep boiling water and infused for at least 12 hours. You can take at any time of the day no less than half a cup;
- To prepare the ointment, the herb celandine powder is mixed with petroleum jelly in a ratio of one to one. The ointment is rubbed into the affected areas for three days, but then the skin should at least rest for at least a day, then the three-day course should be repeated. In general, the course of such therapy is at least six months, but at the same time, once a month you need to take a break in treatment for 1 week.
Use of the string
A tablespoon of chopped herb is poured into a glass of hot water and infused for one hour. It is taken 1 tablespoon before each meal. You can also use an alcohol extract, prepared in a ratio of 1:10, it can be applied to the skin as lotion.
When treating herbs, do not forget that such procedures may not be as safe as it might seem at first glance. If you break the technology of cooking, the resulting healing potion may lose its healing properties or even turn into a potent poison. This is especially true for celandine, since this plant contains opiates, so it can be considered an analogue of drugs and addictive. In addition, the juice contains harmful alkaloids that can destroy the central nervous system, as well as cause convulsions and epileptic seizures.
Non-nourishing products
It is usually possible to treat psoriasis at home, but there are exceptional cases when the disease is in severe form or complicated by infectious diseases. Doing self-medication, you must be extremely cautious and do not depart one step from the chosen treatment technique, since any infection of the skin can lead to very serious consequences. Therefore, using folk methods of psoriasis treatment, it is necessary to choose only time-tested and safest, which today, unfortunately, is not so much.
Here are some of them:
Having bought linseed oil in any pharmacy, you can lubricate the plaques three times a day. If you can not find linseed oil, the sea buckthorn will be fine. It is very useful to make compresses from grated potatoes - the gruel is applied to the affected area of the skin and held for at least two hours. Mixing a teaspoon of ash from the burnt tree and 100 grams of Vaseline can be used every day to lubricate plaques, and the effect can occur no sooner than in six months. Compresses from vitamin A, propolis and butter are very effective.
Unfortunately, no matter how good an unconventional treatment was, its safety and effectiveness have not been proven by anyone. The effect of using folk remedies begins to manifest after a few months, and the patient, as a rule, needs help literally from the first day, as unbearable joint pain and severe itching bring considerable discomfort, reducing the quality of life. Therefore, non-traditional methods of treatment are mainly used as auxiliary, and as the main treatment should be used more reliable methods that have passed the test of time and clinical studies.