Psoriasis - psoriasis, is a disease of a multifactorial nature. In the formation of this disease, the main role is played by the genetic factor. Psoriasis is also classified as a chronic, non-infectious skin disease. It is accompanied by rashes and peeling of a specific form.
Folk remedies for the treatment of psoriasis:
1. Wheatgrass
Wheatgrass is an excellent remedy for psoriatic rashes. In early spring, in autumn, wheatgrass roots should be dug up and dried. On its basis, a decoction is prepared. And then the sick take baths. To prepare a medicinal infusion, it is necessary to pour crushed wheatgrass roots into a transparent one-liter jar, measuring out the desired volume.
Then they are poured into a large saucepan, poured with six liters of boiling water, put in a warm place and insisted for about four hours. Afterwards, the pan is put on fire (very slowly), brought to a boil. The boiling time is five minutes.
The already prepared broth is filtered, poured into a bath with 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 will need to take 1. 5 liters of chilled, boiled water, half a glass of copper sulfate, half a packet of potassium permanganate. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed.
The affected areas are treated with a cotton swab moistened with the composition. It is worth being prepared for what will burn. You will have to endure 4 hours. The mixture is washed off only with warm water and without the presence of soap.
The course of treatment itself is usually calculated for 10 days. The frequency of procedures is influenced by the speed of recovery and well-being.
Basically, we are talking about manipulations 1 to 2 times a week. If the patient's condition is characterized by a noticeable improvement, the concentration of vitriol and manganese can be reduced by half.
If the disease has an old form, after a week's break, the treatment should be repeated. Such a popular treatment for psoriasis will help get rid of the manifestations of the disease.
However, taking into account individual skin intolerance, 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 trying to use a fairly simple and not ordinary remedy. To use it, you need to take a blank sheet of paper, roll it up in a bag and secure it tightly so it can hold the desired shape. The lower wide edge should be cut with scissors and put everything on a ceramic saucer. The pointed upper part is set on fire.
When the bag is completely burned, the ashes are carefully removed, and the plaque that remains on the saucer, with a yellowish-grayish tint, is smeared on the affected area of the skin. The procedure is repeated until all manifestations of psoriasis plaques have disappeared. This treatment of psoriasis with folk methods is quite effective.
4. Herb picking
To cure psoriasis, you need to take two black elderflowers, corn stigmas, a leaf of lingonberry, an elecampane root, a part of celandine, three parts of a string, a marsh root, St. John's wort. A tablespoon of the entire indicated 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, take half a glass after meals after 1 hour, twice a day. Patients with gastrointestinal problems may experience side effects, so do not use without doctor's advice!
Popular recipes for the treatment of psoriasis of the external method involve the use of a collection of succession, burdock roots, licorice, calamus swamp, nettle fox. From this set of herbs, each should 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 rather slow heat for about 6 minutes. After everything received, they insist for about an hour, filter and lubricate the areas of the skin affected by psoriatic plaques.
5. Medicinal mixtures
Folk recipes for the treatment of psoriasis can be used as such a method: you need to take 150 grams of birch tar, the same amount of pure alcohol, a few grams of camphor oil, three fresh egg yolks. To grind egg yolks, it is better to take a metal bowl, add a few drops of camphor oil to it, mix everything thoroughly.
Tar, alcohol are added gradually, everything is well mixed. The ointment is laid out in dark jars. The ointment in this form can be stored for about a year. It is applied in this way: you need to take a cotton swab, wipe the affected areas of the body with this carefully prepared ointment. Leave it like that for a day. Do not touch, do not wash. After that, try to wash everything thoroughly with soap, take a break for a day, smear the body again. You need to repeat these manipulations until complete recovery.
In folk medicine, psoriasis is treated, including using the following treatment scheme. Warning! Components can harm the body, therefore, without the permission of a doctor, a prescription cannot be used. The ointment is made on the basis of fat, protein from two eggs, linden honey, celandine, then it should be lubricated daily for two weeks on the affected areas.
After two weeks, the sieved and crushed celandine should be added to the same ointment. So it is necessary to lubricate the places of psoriasis rash for two weeks. It is advisable to repeat the course of the first procedures after the appearance of signs of improvement.
Popular recipes for psoriasis include such a composition as fish oil, pine resin, olive oil, birch tar, golden mustache juice, aloe juice, combustible sulfur, propolis. With this mixture, if the doctor approves its use, you need to lubricate the affected areas of the skin daily. To achieve a better effect, you can add to the ointment celandine, oily extract of rosehip, sea buckthorn oil, European hoof and potent herbs.
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, insisted for a full 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 may occur.
Another effective recipe is as follows: you need to mix 20-25 grams of oak bark ashes with the ashes of rosehip branches. Also, 100 grams of fat, 10 grams of celandine with egg white are added to it. It is necessary to insist on 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 of a bundle of chamomile, twine, calendula, motherwort. All herbs are poured with boiling water, the dishes are put on a small fire. It does not boil. After, everything must be poured into a bath of warm water. It remains only to boil thoroughly.
7. Ointments
A mixture is prepared from one egg white and 2. 5 large tablespoons of flower honey, a third of a tube of baby cream, a teaspoon of sulfur, a dessert spoon of juice ofgarlic, a teaspoon of onion juice, two teaspoons of ash and several rose hips.
Everything is mixed with a blender. Fat is added to the already prepared mass and everything is mixed again. As for the consistency of the ointment, it should resemble sour cream. These folk remedies for psoriasis are used for at least three to four months.
You should always remember that no matter how effective alternative methods of treating psoriasis are, their safety has not been proven so far. Therefore, self-medication is strictly discouraged.
In fact, harmless herbs, when mixed together, can become quite a dangerous mixture, and therefore patients with psoriasis should coordinate their every action with their doctor. And if a doctor forbids self-treatment, you need to listen, otherwise health can be irreversibly damaged.