Modern medicine cannot offer any of the most effective remedies for psoriasis. All sprays, ointments, creams, therapeutic procedures, tablets only help to eliminate unpleasant symptoms and improve the patient's life, and prevent weak manifestations of recurrence. Then, when faith in medicines disappears, many patients turn their attention to folk remedies.
Home treatment for psoriasis
Many of those who have been suffering from psoriasis for a long time are trying to try all possible means to get rid of deposits and scales in the years to come. Tar is considered one of the most effective remedies in folk medicine. Although most patients notice that it helps to cure plaque only if the psoriasis has started relatively recently.
Before treatment with birch tar, check if you have an allergic reaction to this substance. This can be done using a special test. Soak a cotton swab in a little tar and apply the product to the curve of the elbow. If you suffer from allergies, then its first signs (redness, itching, peeling) will appear in half an hour. Keep in mind that there are no other contraindications to the use of birch tar.
Treatment with this drug lasts 2-6 weeks, depending on the stage and severity of the disease. You can buy tar at any pharmacy. Apply with a cotton ball to those areas of the skin that have been affected by psoriasis. In the first days of treatment, the tar is applied for only ten minutes. It must then be rinsed with tar soap. Gradually, the therapy time is increased to 40 minutes a day. It is best to apply tar in the evening.
Within a few days you will be able to see the first positive results. But in any case, do not stop the treatment until all the deposits have completely disappeared.
Despite the fact that birch tar is considered the best folk remedy for psoriasis, some patients prefer other treatment options.
Even older forms of psoriasis can be easily treated with plain baking soda. In some patients, prolonged remission occurs after that, which is quite difficult to achieve with the help of medication. The simplest and cheapest option for treating 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 to it. If necessary, you can add infusions of sea salt, chamomile or spaghetti. To achieve an effective therapeutic result, you need to lie in the bathroom for at least half an hour. After that, never rinse the baking soda off the skin or dry it.
Such baths are taken in one day from two to eight weeks. Until complete remission occurs.
Some patients claim that copper sulfate helps to cure psoriatic deposits 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 (in powder form). Add there 25 g of birch tar and celandine, as well as 150 g of fat. Put the mixture in a water bath, stir. Then cool.
The resulting ointment must be lubricated with plaques once a day (preferably before bedtime). To avoid any problems in the form of allergies, you should first try the ointment on a small area of skin.
An 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 one egg white. All these ingredients must be thoroughly mixed and applied to the scalp every day for three to eight weeks for 15-20 minutes.
No less effective in the treatment of scalp psoriasis are the various infusions and decoctions that are taken internally. Among them are:
- Take 20 g of elderflower flowers and pour 500 g of boiling water. Insist about 1, 5 hours. The tincture should be taken every day for an hour after a meal (120 g).
- Take the roots of calamus and elecampane and combine them with celandine, St. John's wort, cranberry leaves, horsetail and black elder flowers. 10 g of the mixture must be poured over boiling water (250 g).
Treatment of plantar psoriasis with folk remedies
The most effective treatment for plantar psoriasis is oily or machine ointment. In this case, keep in mind that only a simple grease sold to lubricate metal parts of the car 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.
It immediately pays to prepare for long-term treatment (from one to two months). Healing plantar psoriasis usually takes a long and difficult time because the plaques are in a place that often comes in contact with other surfaces.
For treatment, you only need to lubricate the affected areas of the skin. On the first days, apply the ointment for 15-20 minutes and every day (within a week) increase that time to 40 minutes. Be sure to wash the ointment after use with tar soap.
An alternative treatment for nail psoriasis
To improve the condition of the nails with psoriasis, the use of the following folk remedy is recommended.
Take bay leaves (20 g) and pour 400 g of boiled hot water over them. Cook over low heat for about ten minutes. 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 into the nail plate. But it should be borne in mind that such treatment will last at least three months. Some people use baths for cornstarch or oatmeal.
Folk remedies for the treatment of psoriasis on the elbows
One of the most effective treatments for psoriatic deposits on the elbows is egg ointment. Many patients claim that thanks to this drug they have managed to achieve stable remission for several years.
The following ingredients are needed to prepare egg fat: put one raw egg (with shell) in a 200-gram glass jar. Drizzle it with vinegar essence, which should completely cover the egg. Close the lid and put in a dark and cool place for one day. Take out the egg and mash it with the shell. Add a little lard or goose fat there. Stir.
This ointment should be applied to the affected elbows in a small amount, because at the beginning it will be quite uncomfortable for the burning agent. After a while you can increase the amount. After 1-2 hours, rinse the ointment with water and smear the skin with ordinary cream (baby is best). Apply only once a day. The effectiveness of this tool can be seen quite quickly (2-3 days). Therapy is continued until the plaques completely disappear.
Herbal treatment of psoriasis
Medicinal herbs are often used to treat psoriasis. But the most effective among them is purslane, especially its seeds. Garden purslane has long been considered the safest treatment for psoriasis. It should also be borne in mind that this herb helps to achieve long-term remission, which is quite difficult to obtain with conventional drugs.
The Turk can be bought at a pharmacy or online. If you are going to shop online, then you need to pay attention to "Garden Portslan Collection".
For effective therapy, you must create a concentrated tincture. To do this, take two tablespoons of purslane seeds and boil them in boiled water in a thermos. After the infusion has stopped (about an hour), you can apply it on the affected skin. Remember to keep your skin wet from the tincture.
The therapy lasts from four to six weeks and during that time the patient can completely get rid of psoriatic plaques. The remission is long enough. In some cases it can be as long as five years.
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 deposits, as well as get long-term remission. But it is immediately necessary to pay attention to the fact that the treatment with homeopathy is long-lasting and quite complex. Under no circumstances should you refuse treatment in the middle of the course, otherwise you will not achieve effective and positive results.
Keep in mind that homeopathic remedies are less effective if taken separately from the remedies.
Evaluation of traditional medicine prescriptions in the treatment of psoriasis
Keep in mind that traditional medicine is considered more 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 used, among other things, to treat psoriasis. Its juice is most commonly used. Such treatment is carried out in the summer, because during this period the celandine begins to bloom. Fresh juice of the plant is applied to psoriatic plaques immediately after harvesting the plant. The therapy lasts for about three months and during that time the patient can see an effective result.
- Hazelnuts - used to make warm baths. It is used during the worsening of the disease. To make such a bath, you need to take a pound of walnut shells and insist on boiling water. It is recommended to lie in such a bath for half an hour.
- Meadow - The root of this medicinal plant is used to treat psoriasis. It must be used in powder form. To prepare the ointment based on meadow roots, you need to take Vaseline or oil and half a cup of crushed root. Boil the mixture in a water bath and apply it on the affected skin.
Effective treatment of psoriasis folk remedies
Alternative treatment in the fight against psoriatic plaques is more effective. It helps to achieve long-term remission (in some cases up to five years), as well as quick cleansing of the skin from unpleasant external manifestations. Each patient chooses the most effective and proven method for himself. The most popular today are: birch tar, celandine juice, viburnum tincture, baking soda, machine fat. But it’s worth realizing that you may be allergic to these remedies, so before you use them, you need to test for allergic reactions.