Modern medicine cannot offer any of the most effective drugs to treat psoriasis. All sprays, ointments, creams, therapeutic procedures, pills only help to eliminate the unpleasant symptoms and improve the patient's life, prevent and reduce the manifestations of relapses. Then, when the belief in drugs 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 try to try all possible means to get rid of plaque and flaking for years to come. Tar is considered one of the most effective remedies in folk medicine. Although most patients report that it only helps to treat plaque if the psoriasis has started relatively recently.
Before treatment with birch tar, be sure to check if you have an allergic reaction to this substance. This can be done with the help of a special test. Dip a cotton swab in a little tar and apply the product on the curve of the elbow. If you suffer from allergies, its first signs (redness, itching, peeling) will appear after half an hour. Remember 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 drugstore. Apply with a cotton swab on those areas of the skin that have been affected by psoriasis. During the first days of treatment, the tar is applied for only ten minutes. Then it should be washed with tar soap. Gradually, the time for therapy 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 treatment until all the plaques have disappeared completely.
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, this is followed by long-term remission, which is quite difficult to achieve with medication. The simplest and cheapest option for treating psoriasis with baking soda is to use baking soda baths.
For this purpose, hot water is introduced into the bath and up to 900 g of soda is added to it. If necessary, you can add infusions of sea salt, chamomile or strings. You need to lie in the bathroom for at least half an hour to get an effective therapeutic result. Then never rinse the baking soda off your skin or dry yourself.
Such baths are taken for one day from two to eight weeks. Until complete remission.
Some patients claim that copper sulfate helps to quickly and permanently cure psoriatic plaques. 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 burned vitriol (powder). 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 allow to cool.
The resulting ointment should be lubricated with plaques once a day (preferably at bedtime). To avoid any problems in the form of allergies, you should first try the ointment on a small part 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 one egg white. All these ingredients should be well mixed and applied to the scalp every day for three to eight weeks for 15-20 minutes.
No less effective in the treatment of psoriasis of the scalp are the various infusions and decoctions that are taken internally. Among them should be emphasized:
- Take 20 g of elder flowers and pour 500 g of boiling water. Insist for about 1, 5 hours. You need to take the tincture every day one 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 should be poured with boiling water (250 g).
Treatment of plantar psoriasis with folk remedies
The most effective treatment for plantar psoriasis is oily or machine grease. In this case, keep in mind that only ordinary grease, which is sold to lubricate metal car parts, 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 is immediately worth setting up for long-term treatment (one to two months). Plantar psoriasis is usually long and difficult to treat because the plaques are in a place that often comes into contact with other surfaces.
For treatment, you just need to lubricate the affected areas of the skin. During the first days, apply the fat for 15-20 minutes and every day (within a week) increase this time to 40 minutes. Be sure to wash the grease after use 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 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 one third of a glass three times a day. The therapy lasts up to seven days. Then 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 tubs for cornstarch or oatmeal.
Folk remedies for the treatment of psoriasis of 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 been able to achieve stable remission for several years.
To prepare egg ointment, the following ingredients are needed: put a raw egg (with a shell) in a 200-gram glass jar. Pour vinegar essence over it, which should completely cover the egg. Close the lid and place in a dark and cool place for a day. Remove the egg and crush it with the shell. Add a little pork or goose fat there. Stir.
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 smear the skin with plain cream (baby is most suitable). Apply only once a day. The effectiveness of this tool can be seen quite soon (2-3 days). Therapy is continued until the plaques disappear completely.
Treatment of herbal 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 remembered that this plant helps to achieve long-term remission, which is quite difficult to obtain with conventional drugs.
Purslane can be purchased either at a pharmacy or online. If you are going to buy online, then you should pay attention to "Collection of garden purslane".
For effective therapy you need to create a concentrated tincture. To do this, take two tablespoons of purslane seeds and boil them in boiled water in a thermos. Once the infusion has stopped (about an hour), you can apply it to the affected skin. Remember to keep your skin wet from the tincture.
The therapy lasts from four to six weeks and during this time the patient can completely get rid of psoriatic plaques. The remission is long enough. In some cases, he 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 get long-term remission. But it is immediately necessary to pay attention to the fact that treatment with homeopathy is long and quite complicated. Under no circumstances should you refuse treatment in the middle of the course, otherwise you will not get effective and positive results.
Keep in mind that homeopathic remedies are less effective when taken separately from medicines.
Rating of traditional 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:
- Jaundice is perhaps the most famous medicinal plant used, among other things, to treat psoriasis. Its juice is most often used. Such treatment is carried out in the summer, because it is during this period that the celandine begins to bloom. The fresh juice of the plant is applied to the psoriatic plaques immediately after harvesting the plant. The therapy lasts about three months and during this time the patient can see an effective result.
- Hazelnuts - used to prepare warm baths. It is used during the exacerbation of the disease. To make such a bath, you need to take a pound of walnut shells and insist in 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 an ointment based on meadow licorice, you need to take Vaseline or butter 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 with folk remedies
Alternative treatments to combat psoriatic plaques are more effective. Helps to achieve long-term remission (in some cases even up to five years), as well as to quickly clear the skin of unpleasant external manifestations. Each patient chooses for himself the most effective and proven method. The most popular today are: birch tar, celandine juice, viburnum tinctures, baking soda, machine grease. But it is worth understanding that you may be allergic to these drugs, therefore, before using them, you should test for allergic reactions.