Modern medicine cannot offer any of the most effective drugs to treat psoriasis. All sprays, ointments, creams, therapeutic procedures and pills only help to eliminate unpleasant symptoms and improve the patient's life, prevent and weaken relapses. Then, when belief in drugs disappears, many patients turn to folk remedies.
Treatment of psoriasis at home
Many of those who have had psoriasis for a long time try to try all possible means to get rid of plaque and dandruff for years. Tar is considered to be one of the most effective remedies in folk medicine. Although most patients find that it only helps to heal plaques if the psoriasis started relatively recently.
Before treating with birch tar, check to see if you are allergic to this substance. This can be done with a special test. Soak a cotton swab in a little tar and apply the product to the crook of the elbow. If you suffer from allergies, the first signs (redness, itching, peeling) appear after half an hour. Remember that there are no other contraindications to the use of birch tar.
Treatment with this agent takes 2-6 weeks, depending on the stage and severity of the disease. You can buy tar at any pharmacy. Apply to psoriasis affected areas with a cotton swab. During the first few days of treatment, the tar is only applied for ten minutes. After that, it must be washed off with tar soap. Gradually the therapy time increases to 40 minutes per day. It is best to apply tar in the evening.
You can see the first positive results within a few days. However, do not stop treatment until all plaques have completely disappeared.
Despite the fact that birch tar is considered the best folk remedy for psoriasis, some patients prefer other treatment options.
Older forms of psoriasis can also be treated with normal baking soda without any problems. Some patients experience long-term remission that is difficult to achieve with the help of medication. The easiest and cheapest way to treat psoriasis with baking soda is to use baking soda baths.
To do this, hot water is brought into the bathroom and up to 900 g of soda is added. If necessary, you can also add sea salt, chamomile, or string infusions. You need to lie down in the bathroom for at least half an hour for an effective therapeutic result. After that, never rinse the baking soda off your skin or dry yourself off.
Such baths are taken in a day from two to eight weeks. Until complete remission.
Some patients claim that copper sulfate helps heal psoriatic plaques quickly and over a long period of time. To use this recipe, you will need the following ingredients: yellow sulfur (powder), copper sulfate, dried celandine (powder), lard, and birch tar. Take 50 g of sulfur and 50 g of burnt vitriol (in powder form). There, add 25 g of birch tar and celandine, as well as 150 g of fat. Put the mixture in a water bath and stir. Then let it cool down.
The resulting ointment needs to be smeared with plaques once a day (preferably before bedtime). To avoid problems in the form of allergies, you should first apply the ointment to a small area of skin.
Alternative treatment for psoriasis of the scalp
Homemade shampoos are best for treating scalp psoriasis. The following recipe is considered to be the most effective.
Take 20 g of honey, baby shampoo and an egg white. All of these ingredients must be mixed thoroughly and applied to the scalp for 15 to 20 minutes daily for three to eight weeks.
No less effective in the treatment of psoriasis of the scalp are a variety of infusions and decoctions, taken internally. Among them it should be highlighted:
- Take 20 g of elderflower and pour 500 g of boiling water. Insist for about 1. 5 hours. It is necessary to take the tincture an hour after meals every day (120 g).
- Take the roots of calamus and elecampane and combine them with celandine, St. John's wort, cranberry leaves, horsetail and black elderflower. 10 g of the mixture must be poured with boiling water (250 g).
Treatment of plantar psoriasis with folk remedies
The most effective treatment for plantar psoriasis is fat or machine fat. In this case, note that only simple grease, which is sold to lubricate metal auto parts, will help. Today you can see various preparations based on this substance with herbal ingredients, but, as practice shows, they do not bring the desired result.
It is immediately worthwhile to prepare for long-term treatment (one to two months). Plantar psoriasis usually takes a long and difficult time to heal because the plaques are in a location that often comes into contact with other surfaces.
For treatment, you only need to coat the affected areas of skin with fat. Spread the fat out for 15 to 20 minutes for the first few days and increase this time to 40 minutes each day (within a week). Be sure to wash off the fat with tar soap after use.
Alternative treatment for nail psoriasis
To improve the condition of the nails with psoriasis, it is recommended to use the following folk remedy.
Take bay leaves (20 g) and pour 400 g of boiled hot water over them. Cook on low heat for about ten minutes. Then let cool and strain. The infusion should be taken orally three times a day for a third of a glass. Therapy lasts up to seven days. After that, it is worth taking a two-day break and then drinking again according to the old scheme until all symptoms of the disease have disappeared.
You can also rub the liquid form of vitamin A (retinol) directly into the nail plate. However, it should be noted that such treatment will last at least three months. Some people use cornstarch or oatmeal nail baths.
Folk remedies for the treatment of psoriasis on the elbows
One of the most effective treatments for psoriatic plaques on the elbows is egg ointment. Many patients claim that thanks to this drug, they achieved stable remission for several years.
The following ingredients are required to prepare the egg ointment: Put a raw egg (with shell) in a 200 gram glass. Pour it with vinegar essence, which should completely cover the egg. Close the lid and put in a dark and cool place for a day. Take out the egg and mash it with the shell. Add a little pork or goose fat there. Stir.
This ointment should be applied to the affected elbows in small amounts, as the burning of the active ingredient is quite uncomfortable at first. 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 (children are most suitable). Use only once a day. The effectiveness of this tool can be seen pretty soon (2-3 days). Therapy continues until the plaques are completely gone.
Treatment of Herbal Psoriasis
Medicinal herbs are often used to treat psoriasis. However, the most effective is the purslane, especially the seeds. Garden Purslane has long been considered the safest treatment for psoriasis. It should also be remembered that this plant helps achieve long-term remission that is difficult to achieve with conventional drugs.
Purslane can be bought either from a pharmacy or online. If you want to shop on the Internet, you must pay attention to "Collecting Garden Purslane".
For effective therapy, you need to create a concentrated tincture. To do this, take two tablespoons of purslane and brew them in a thermos in boiling water. After the infusion has stood (about an hour), you can apply it to the affected skin. Remember to keep the skin moist from the tincture.
Therapy lasts four to six weeks and during this time the patient can completely remove psoriatic plaques. The remission is long enough. In some cases, it can even be five years old.
Psoriasis treatment with homeopathy
Homeopathic remedies are widely used to treat psoriasis. At the same time, some of them help to get rid of psoriatic plaques completely and achieve long-term remission. However, it is important to note immediately that homeopathic treatment is lengthy and quite complicated. In no case should you refuse treatment in the middle of the course, otherwise you will not get effective and positive results.
Note that homeopathic medicines are usually less effective when taken separately from medicines.
Evaluation of traditional medicine recipes in the treatment of psoriasis
Remember that traditional medicine is considered more effective in the early stages of the disease, when the first plaques appear on the patient's skin.
The most popular folk recipes include:
- Celandine is perhaps the best-known medicinal plant that is used, among other things, to treat psoriasis. Its juice is the most widely used. Such treatment is carried out in the summer, since it is during this period that the celandine begins to bloom. Immediately after the plant is harvested, fresh juice from the plant is applied to the psoriasis plaques. Therapy lasts about three months and during this time the patient can see an effective result.
- Hazelnuts - for making warm baths. Used during an exacerbation of the disease. To do such a bath, you need to take half a kilogram of walnut shells and insist on boiling water. It is recommended to lie in such a bath for half an hour.
- Meadowsweet - the root of this medicinal plant is used to treat psoriasis. It must be used in powder form. To prepare an ointment based on meadowsweet root, you need to take petroleum jelly or oil and half a glass of crushed root. Boil the mixture in a double boiler and brush it onto the affected skin.
Effective treatment of psoriasis with folk remedies
An 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 quickly rid the skin of unpleasant external manifestations. Each patient chooses the most effective and proven method for himself. The most popular today are: birch tar, celandine juice, viburnum tinctures, baking powder, machine fat. However, it is worth understanding that you may be allergic to these agents. Therefore, before using them, you need to test for allergic reactions.