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. Wheat grass
An excellent remedy for psoriatic rashes is wheatgrass. In early spring, in the fall, the wheat grass roots should be dug up and dried. A decoction is prepared on its basis. And then, the sick take a bath. To prepare a medicinal infusion, it is necessary to pour the chopped wheat grass roots into a transparent one-liter jar, measuring 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. After, 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 get the desired effect from the procedure, the patient must be in such a bath for at least 15-25 minutes. For convenience, the bathroom 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 sulphate, potassium permanganate
For a medicinal mixture, you will need to take 1. 5 liters of chilled and boiled water, half a glass of copper sulfate, half a pack of potassium permanganate. All ingredients must be mixed thoroughly.
Affected areas are treated with a tampon moistened with the composition. It pays to be prepared for what it 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 the procedures is affected by the speed of healing and well-being.
Basically, we are talking about manipulations 1-2 times a week. If the patient's condition is characterized by a noticeable improvement, the concentration of vitriol and manganese can be halved.
If the disease has an old form, then after a week's break, the treatment must be repeated. Such folk treatment of psoriasis will help get rid of the manifestations of the disease.
However, given individual skin intolerance, it is not recommended to use it without a doctor's permission.
3. Specific recipes
As an alternative treatment for psoriasis, it is worth trying to use a fairly simple, not ordinary remedy. To use it, you need to take a white sheet of paper, roll it up in a bag and fasten it well so that it can take the desired shape. The bottom wide edge should be cut with scissors and put everything on a ceramic saucer. The pointed top 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-greyish tinge, is smeared on the affected area on the skin. The procedure is repeated until all manifestations of psoriatic plaques disappear. This treatment of psoriasis by folk methods is quite effective.
4. Collection of herbs
To cure psoriasis, you need to take two black elderberry flowers, corn stigmas, cranberry leaf, elecampane root, one part of celandine, three parts of a thread, swamp root, St. John's wort. One 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, filtered thoroughly, take half a glass after meals after 1 hour, twice a day. Patients with gastrointestinal problems may experience adverse reactions, so do not use without a doctor's advice!
Folk recipes for the treatment of psoriasis by the external method involve the use of a collection of sequences, burdock roots, licorice, calamus marsh, nettle fox. From this set of herbs, each must be taken in equal proportions and mixed. A spoonful of the collection is poured with the same spoonful of water, everything is boiled over a rather slow fire for about 6 minutes. After all that has been 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 there, mix everything thoroughly.
Tar, alcohol are added gradually, everything is thoroughly mixed. The ointment is laid out in dark jars. The ointment in this form can be stored for about a year. It is applied like this: 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. Don't touch, don't wash. After that, try to wash everything thoroughly with soap, take a break for a day, smear the body again. It is necessary to repeat such manipulations until complete recovery.
In folk medicine, psoriasis is treated, including the use of the following treatment regimen. Attention! Components can harm the body, therefore, without the permission of a doctor, it is not possible to use a prescription. The ointment is made on the basis of fat, the protein of two eggs, linden honey, celandine, so it must be lubricated daily for two weeks on the affected areas.
After two weeks, sifted and ground celandine should be added to the same ointment. Then it is necessary to lubricate the places of the psoriasis rash for two weeks. It is recommended 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. With this mixture, if the doctor approves its use, it is necessary to lubricate the affected areas of the skin daily. To get a better effect, you can add celandine ointment, an oily extract of rose hips, sea buckthorn oil, European hoof and overbearing herbs to the ointment.
6. Japanese Sophora and other compounds
For psoriasis, alternative treatment can include the use of sofora tincture. It is made from the same sofora, which is poured with vodka, insisted 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 ash from rosehip branches. Further, 100 grams of fat, 10 grams of celandine with egg white are added. It is necessary to insist on the mixture at 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 package of chamomile, twine, calendula, motherwort. All herbs are poured with boiling water, the dishes are put on a small fire. It does not bring to a boil. After that, everything must be poured into a warm water bath. What remains is to boil completely again.
7. Ointments
A mixture is prepared from an egg white and 2, 5 large spoons of flower honey, a third of a tube of baby cream, a teaspoon of sulfur, a dessert spoon of garlic juice, a teaspoon of onion juice, two teaspoons of ash and several rose hips.
The whole mixture is mixed with a mixer. 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. Such folk remedies for psoriasis are used for at least three to four months.
You should always remember: no matter how effective alternative psoriasis treatment methods are, their safety has not been proven so far. Therefore, self-medication is strictly not recommended.
In fact, harmless herbs, when mixed, can become a rather dangerous mixture, and therefore psoriasis patients must coordinate their every action with their doctor. And if a doctor prohibits self-treatment, then you should listen, otherwise health can be irreversibly impaired.