Modern medicine cannot offer any of the most effective drugs for the treatment of psoriasis. All sprays, ointments, creams, therapeutic procedures, pills only help to eliminate unpleasant symptoms and improve the patient's life, prevent and weaken the manifestations of relapse. Then, when the belief in medicine disappears, many patients turn their attention to folk remedies.
Home treatment for psoriasis
Many of those who suffer from psoriasis for a long time try to try all possible means to get rid of plaque and peeling for years to come. Tar is considered one of the most effective remedies in folk medicine. Although most of the patients note that it helps to cure the plaques only if the psoriasis has started relatively recently.
Before dealing with birch tar, be sure to check if you have an allergic reaction to this substance. This can be done using a special test. Dip a cotton ball in a little tar and apply the product on the crook of the elbow. If you suffer from allergies, its first signs (redness, itching, peeling) will appear in half an hour. Remember that there are no other contraindications for the use of birch tar.
Treatment with this remedy lasts 2-6 weeks, depending on the stage and severity of the disease. You can buy tar at any pharmacy. Apply with a cotton swab to the areas of the skin that have been affected by psoriasis. During the first few days of treatment, the tar is applied for only 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.
Within a couple of days you will be able to see the first positive results. But in any case, do not stop the treatment until all the plaques have completely disappeared.
Despite the fact that it is birch tar that is considered the best folk remedy for psoriasis, some patients prefer other treatment options.
Even older forms of psoriasis can easily be treated with regular baking soda. In some patients, long-term remission comes after that, which is quite difficult to achieve with the help of drugs. The simplest and cheapest option to treat psoriasis with baking soda is to use baking soda baths.
To do this, hot water is brought to the bathroom and up to 900 g of soda is added. If necessary, you can also add sea salt, chamomile or string infusions. It is necessary to lie down in the bathroom for at least half an hour to achieve an effective therapeutic result. After that, never rinse the baking soda off your skin or dry yourself.
Such baths are taken in a day from two to eight weeks. Until complete remission occurs.
Some patients claim that copper sulfate helps heal psoriatic plaques quickly and for a long 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 (powder). Add there 25 g of birch and celandine tar, as well as 150 g of fat. Put the mixture in a water bath, mix. Then let it cool.
The resulting ointment should be lubricated with plaques once a day (better before bedtime). To avoid problems in the form of allergies, you should first try the ointment on a small area of the skin.
Alternative treatment for scalp psoriasis
Homemade shampoos are best for treating scalp psoriasis. The following recipe is considered the most effective.
Take 20 g of honey, baby shampoo and an egg white. All these ingredients must be thoroughly mixed and applied to the scalp every day for 3-8 weeks for 15-20 minutes.
No less effective in the treatment of psoriasis of the scalp are a variety of infusions and decoctions, which are taken internally. Among them should be highlighted:
- Take 20 g of elderberry flowers and pour 500 g of boiling water. Insist for about 1, 5 hours. It is necessary to take the tincture every day one hour after meals (120 g).
- Take the calamus and elecampane roots and combine them with celandine, St. John's wort, cranberry leaves, ponytail 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 mechanical fat or fat. In this case, it should be noted that only simple grease, sold for the lubrication of metal parts of automobiles, helps. Today you can see various preparations based on this substance with herbal ingredients, but, as practice shows, they do not bring the desired result.
Immediately it is worth preparing for long-term treatment (from one to two months). Plantar psoriasis usually takes a long and difficult time to heal, as the plaques are located in a spot that often comes in contact with other surfaces.
For treatment, you just have to smear the affected areas of the skin with grease. In the first few days, distribute the fat for 15-20 minutes and every day (within a week) increase this time to 40 minutes. Be sure to wash off the grease after use with tar soap.
Alternative treatment for nail psoriasis
To improve the condition of the nails with psoriasis, it is recommended to use the following folk remedy.
Take the bay leaves (20 g) and pour 400 g of boiling water over them. Cook for about ten minutes over low heat. Then cool and strain. The infusion should be taken orally for a third of a glass three times a day. 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 the symptoms of the disease disappear.
You can also rub the liquid form of vitamin A (retinol) directly onto the nail plate. But it should be borne in mind 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 managed to achieve a stable remission for several years.
To prepare the egg cream, you need the following ingredients: Put one raw egg (with shell) in a glass jar of 200 grams. Pour it with the vinegar essence, which should completely cover the egg. Close the lid and put in a cool dark place for one day. Take out the egg and mash it with the shell. Add some pork or goose fat there. Shake.
This ointment should be applied to the affected elbows in a small amount, as at first it will be quite unpleasant for the burn agent. After a while, you can increase the amount. After 1-2 hours, wash off the ointment with water and spread a regular cream on the skin (children are more suitable). Apply only once a day. The effectiveness of this tool can be seen quite early (2-3 days). Therapy continues until the plaques disappear completely.
Herbal treatment for psoriasis
Healing herbs are often used to treat psoriasis. But the most effective among them is purslane, especially its seeds. For a long time, garden purslane was considered the safest treatment for psoriasis. It should also be remembered that this plant helps to achieve long-term remission, which is quite difficult to achieve with conventional drugs.
Purslane can be purchased at a pharmacy or online. If you are going to buy on the Internet, you need to pay attention to "Collection of garden purslane".
For effective therapy, it is necessary to make a concentrated tincture. To do this, take two tablespoons of purslane seeds and cook them in boiled water in a thermos. After the infusion has finished (about an hour), it can be applied to the affected skin. Remember to keep the skin wet from the dye.
Therapy lasts four to six weeks, and during this time the patient can completely get rid of psoriatic plaques. Remission is long enough. In some cases, it may even be five years old.
Treatment of psoriasis with homeopathy
Homeopathic remedies are often used to treat psoriasis. At the same time, some of them help to completely get rid of psoriatic plaques, as well as achieve long-term remission. But right away it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that treatment with homeopathy is long and rather complicated. In no case refuse treatment in the middle of the course, otherwise you will not get effective and positive results.
Note that homeopathic medicines tend to be less effective when taken separately from medicines.
Evaluation of traditional medicine recipes in the treatment of psoriasis
Remember that traditional medicine is considered most effective in the early stages of the disease, when the first plaques appear on the patient's skin.
Among the most popular folk recipes are the following:
- Celandine is perhaps the most famous medicinal plant that is used, among other things, for the treatment of psoriasis. Its juice is most often used. Such treatment is carried out in the summer, since it is during this period that the celandine begins to bloom. Fresh plant sap is applied to the psoriatic plaques immediately after the plant is harvested. The therapy lasts about three months and during this time the patient can see an effective result.
- Hazelnuts - used for taking hot baths. Applied during an exacerbation of the disease. To take such a bath, you need to take half a kilo of nut shells and insist in boiling water. It is recommended to lie down 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 chopped root. Boil the mixture in a water bath and spread it on the affected skin.
Effective treatment of psoriasis with folk remedies
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), as well as to quickly rid the skin of unpleasant external manifestations. Each patient chooses for himself the most effective and proven method. The most popular today are considered: birch tar, celandine juice, viburnum tinctures, baking soda, machine grease. But it is worth understanding that you may be allergic to these funds, therefore, before using them, you need to test for allergic reactions.