Psoriasis - Psoriasis, is a disease of multifactorial nature. In the development of this disease, the genetic factor plays the main role. Psoriasis is also classified as a chronic and non-contagious skin disease. It is accompanied by rashes and peeling of a certain form.
Folk remedies for the treatment of psoriasis:
1. Wheatgrass
An excellent remedy for psoriasis rashes is wheatgrass. In early spring, in the fall, wheatgrass roots should be dug up and dried. A decoction is prepared on its basis. And then sick patients take a bath. To prepare a medicinal infusion, it is necessary to pour crushed wheatgrass roots into a transparent liter jar, measuring the desired volume.
Then they are poured into a large saucepan, doused with six liters of boiling water, put in a warm place and insisted for about four hours. After that, the pan is set on fire (very slowly) and brought to a boil. The cooking time is five minutes.
The already prepared broth is filtered and poured into a bath of warm water. To achieve the desired effect of the procedure, the patient must be in such a bath for at least 15-25 minutes. For convenience, the bath is prepared for the night. The frequency of procedures is allowed once or twice a week. The moment of complete cleansing of the skin is expected.
2. Copper sulfate, potassium permanganate
For a medicinal mixture you need to take 1. 5 liters of chilled and boiled water, half a glass of copper sulfate and half a pack of potassium permanganate. All ingredients should be thoroughly mixed.
The affected areas are treated with a swab moistened with the composition. It pays to be prepared for what burns. You need to withstand 4 hours, the mixture is washed off only with warm water and without soap.
The course of treatment itself is usually calculated at 10 days. The frequency of procedures is influenced by the speed of recovery and well-being.
Basically we talk about manipulations 1-2 times a week. If the patient's condition is characterized by a noticeable improvement, then the concentration of vitriol and manganese can be halved.
If the disease has an old form, then after a week's break, the treatment should be repeated. Such folk treatment of psoriasis will help get rid of the manifestations of the disease.
However, given the individual intolerance to the skin, it is not recommended to use it without the permission of a doctor.
3. Specific Recipes
As an alternative treatment for psoriasis, it is worth using a fairly simple, non-ordinary remedy. To use it, you need to take a blank sheet of paper, roll it into a bag and fasten it well so that it keeps the shape you want. The lower wide edge should be cut with scissors and put everything on a ceramic saucer. The upper pointed part is lit.
When the bag is completely burned, the ash is carefully removed, and the plaque of a yellowish-grayish tint remaining on the saucer is smeared on the affected area on the skin. The procedure is repeated until all manifestations of psoriatic plaques disappear. This treatment of psoriasis with folk methods is very effective.
4. Collection of herbs
To cure psoriasis, you need to take two flowers of black elderberry, corn stigmas, cranberry leaves, elecampane root, one part celandine, three parts of a string, marsh root and St. John's wort. A tablespoon of the entire specified collection is poured with a glass of boiling water.
The whole mixture is boiled over low heat for about 7-10 minutes, after - 40 minutes it is simply insisted, carefully filtered, taken half a glass twice a day after meals after 1 hour. Side effects may occur in patients with gastrointestinal problems, so do not use without medical advice!
Folk recipes for the treatment of psoriasis of the external method involve the use of a collection of successions, burdock roots, licorice, calamus swamp, nettle fox. From this set of herbs, each must be taken in equal proportions and mixed. A tablespoon of the collection is poured with the same spoon of water, everything is boiled over a fairly slow fire for about 6 minutes. After all that was received, they insist for about an hour, filter and lubricate the areas of the skin affected by psoriasis plaques.
5. Medicinal mixtures
Folk recipes for treating psoriasis can be used as such a method: you need to take 150 grams of birch tar, the same amount of pure alcohol, a couple of grams of camphor oil and three fresh yolks. To grind yolks, it is better to take a metal bowl, add a few drops of camphor oil there and mix everything thoroughly.
Tar, alcohol are gradually added, everything is thoroughly mixed. The ointment is laid out in dark jars. Ointment in this form can be stored for about a year. It is applied in this way: you need to take a cotton swab and wipe the affected areas on the body with this carefully prepared ointment. Leave it like that for a day. Don't touch, don't wash. After that, try to wash everything thoroughly with soap, take a day off, lubricate the body again. You need to repeat such manipulations until complete recovery.
In folk medicine, psoriasis is treated, including using the following treatment regimen. Attention! The components can harm the body, so no prescription can be used without the permission of a doctor. The ointment is made on the basis of fat, the protein of two eggs, linden honey, celandine, and then it needs to be smeared on the affected areas every day for two weeks.
After two weeks, the sifted and ground celandine should be added to the same ointment. Therefore, it is necessary to lubricate the sites of the psoriasis rash for two weeks. It is advisable to repeat the course of the first procedures after the appearance of signs of improvement.
Folk recipes for psoriasis include such a composition as fish oil, pine resin, olive oil, birch tar, golden mustache juice, aloe juice, combustible sulfur, propolis. If the doctor approves the use of this mixture, you need to lubricate the affected areas of the skin every day. For better effect, you can add celandine, an oily extract of rose hips, sea buckthorn oil, European hoof oil and overwhelming herbs to the ointment.
6. Japanese sophora and other compounds
For psoriasis, an alternative treatment may include the use of Sophora tincture. It is made from the sophora itself, which is poured with vodka and kept for a whole month in a place where the sun's rays do not fall. This composition is taken three times a day, one teaspoon at least 30 minutes before meals. Allergies can occur.
Another effective recipe is this: you need to mix 20-25 grams of ash from oak bark with the ash of rosehip branches. Also, 100 grams of fat, 10 grams of celandine with protein are added there. It is necessary to leave the mixture in room conditions for 15 days, and the affected areas are lubricated at least 3 times a day.
You need to take 2 tablespoons of celandine, 1 tablespoon each from a pack of chamomile, twine, calendula, motherwort. All herbs are poured with boiling water, the dishes are put on a small fire. It doesn't boil. After that, everything must be poured into a bath of warm water. What remains is to cook thoroughly again.
7. Ointments
A mixture is prepared from one egg white and 2. 5 large tablespoons of honey, one-third of a tube of baby cream, one teaspoon of sulfur, one tablespoon of garlic juice, one teaspoon of onion juice, two teaspoons of ash, and several rose hips.
The entire mixture is mixed with a mixer. Fat is added to the already prepared mass and everything is mixed again. The consistency of the ointment should resemble sour cream. Such folk remedies for psoriasis are used for at least three to four months.
Always remember: no matter how effective alternative methods of treating psoriasis are, their safety has not yet been proven. Therefore, self-medication is strictly discouraged.
In fact, harmless herbs when mixed can turn into quite a dangerous concoction, and that is why patients with psoriasis need to coordinate any action with their doctor. And if a doctor forbids self-treatment, then you should listen to it, otherwise health can be irreversibly undermined.