Modern medicine cannot offer any of the most effective drugs for treating psoriasis. All sprays, ointments, creams, therapeutic procedures, pills only help to eliminate unpleasant symptoms and make the patient's life better, prevent and weaken the manifestations of relapses. Then, when the belief in remedies disappears, many patients turn their attention to folk remedies.
Home treatment for psoriasis
Many who have been suffering from psoriasis for a long time try every possible means to get rid of plaque and flaking in the years to come. Tar is considered one of the most effective remedies in folk medicine. Although most patients find that it only helps to heal plaques if psoriasis has started relatively recently.
Before treating with birch tar, make sure you have an allergic reaction to this substance. This can be done using a special test. Soak a cotton swab in a little bit of tar and apply the product to the elbow crease. If you suffer from allergies, the first signs (redness, itching, peeling) will appear in half an hour. Remember that there are no other contraindications to the use of birch tar.
Treatment with this remedy lasts from 2 to 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 skin affected by psoriasis. During the first days of treatment, the tar is applied for only ten minutes. After that, it should be washed with tar soap. Gradually, the therapy time increases to 40 minutes a day. It is best to apply tar at night.
In a few days, you will be able to see the first positive results. But, in any case, do not interrupt the treatment until all the plaques have completely disappeared.
Although birch tar is considered the best folk remedy for psoriasis, some patients prefer other treatment options.
Even the oldest forms of psoriasis can be easily treated with regular baking soda. In some patients, long-term remission occurs, which is quite difficult to achieve with the help of medications. The simplest and cheapest option for treating psoriasis with sodium bicarbonate is to use sodium bicarbonate baths.
To do this, take hot water to the bathroom and add up to 900 g of soda. If necessary, you can also add infusions of sea salt, chamomile or string. You need to lie in the bathroom for at least half an hour to obtain an effective therapeutic result. After that, never rinse the baking soda from the skin or dry it.
These baths are taken in a day of two to eight weeks. Until complete remission occurs.
Some patients claim that copper sulphate helps to heal psoriatic plaques quickly and for a long time. To use this recipe, you will need the following ingredients: yellow sulfur (powder), copper sulfate, dry celandine (powder), lard and birch tar. Take 50 g of sulfur and 50 g of burnt vitriol (powdered). Add 25 g of birch tar and celandine, in addition to 150 g of fat. Place the mixture in a water bath and stir. Then let it cool.
The resulting ointment should be lubricated with plates 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 the skin.
Alternative treatment for scalp psoriasis
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 well mixed and applied to the scalp every day for three to eight weeks for 15-20 minutes.
No less effective in treating scalp psoriasis are a variety of infusions and decoctions, which are taken internally. Among them, the following 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 elecampana roots and combine them with celandine, St. John's wort, blueberry leaves, horsetail and black elderberry flowers. Pour 10 g of the mixture with boiling water (250 g).
Treatment of plantar psoriasis with folk remedies
The most effective treatment for plantar psoriasis is machine fat or grease. In that case, note that only simple grease, which is sold to lubricate metal parts in automobiles, helps. Today it is possible to 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 a long-term treatment (from one to two months). Plantar psoriasis usually takes a long and difficult time to heal, since the plaques are in a location that often comes into contact with other surfaces.
For treatment, you only need to grease the affected areas of the skin with grease. For the first few days, spread the grease for 15-20 minutes and increase it to 40 minutes every day (in a week). Be sure to wash the grease after using it with tar soap.
Alternative treatment for nail psoriasis
To improve the condition of nails with psoriasis, it is recommended to use the following folk remedy.
Take the bay leaves (20 g) and drizzle with 400 g of boiled water. Cook for about ten minutes over low heat. Then cool and strain. The infusion should be administered orally in one 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 drinking again according to the old schedule until all symptoms of the disease disappear.
You can also rub the liquid form of vitamin A (retinol) directly on the nail plate. But you must keep in mind that this 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 have achieved a stable remission for several years.
To prepare the egg ointment, the following ingredients are needed: place a raw egg (in shell) in a 200-gram glass jar. Pour with vinegar essence, which should completely cover the egg. Close the lid and place in a cool, dark place for a day. Remove the egg and crush it with the shell. Add some pork or goose fat. To mix.
This ointment should be applied to the affected elbows in a small amount, as at first it will be quite unpleasant for the agent to burn. After a while, you can increase the amount. After 1-2 hours, wash the ointment with water and spread a common cream on the skin (for children it is most suitable). Apply only once a day. The effectiveness of this tool can be seen soon (2-3 days). Therapy continues until the plaques disappear completely.
Herbal Psoriasis Treatment
Medicinal herbs are often used to treat psoriasis. But the most effective among them is purslane, in particular its seeds. For a long time, the 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 obtain with conventional medicines.
Purslane can be purchased at a pharmacy or online. If you are going to buy over the Internet, then you need to pay attention to "Collect purslane".
For effective therapy, you need to create a concentrated tincture. To do this, take two tablespoons of purslane seeds and place them in boiled water in a thermos. After the infusion has stopped (about an hour), you can apply it to the affected skin. Remember to keep your skin wet from the dye.
Therapy lasts four to six weeks, during which time the patient can completely get rid of psoriatic plaques. The remission is long enough. In some cases, it can 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 eliminate psoriatic plaques, as well as to achieve a long-term remission. But immediately it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that treatment with homeopathy is time consuming and quite complicated. In no case should you refuse treatment in the middle of the course, otherwise you will not obtain effective and positive results.
Note that homeopathic medicines tend to be less effective when taken separately from medicines.
Evaluation of traditional medicine recipes for 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.
Among the most popular folk recipes are the following:
- Celandine is perhaps the most famous medicinal plant used, among other things, for the treatment of psoriasis. Its juice is the most used. This treatment is carried out in the summer, as it is during this period that celandine begins to bloom. The fresh sap from the plant is applied to the psoriatic plaques immediately after the plant is harvested. The therapy lasts for about three months and during this time the patient can see an effective result.
- Hazelnuts - used to make hot baths. Applied during an exacerbation of the disease. To make this bath, it is necessary to take half a kilo of nut 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 a meadowsweet root ointment, it is necessary to take petroleum jelly or oil and half a glass of crushed root. Boil the mixture in a water bath and spread over 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 up to five years), as well as quickly clearing the skin of unpleasant external manifestations. Each patient chooses the most effective and proven method for himself. 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, so before using them, it is necessary to test for allergic reactions.