Psoriasis is a chronic disease, so you should not delay with a visit to a dermatologist.Along with traditional methods, you can carry out treatment at home using folk remedies.
What is this disease?
Psoriasis is a disease that is often called simply “skin itching”.It is characterized by reddish convex spots on the skin, accompanied by itching and further peeling.“Sores” are localized on the surface of the head, temples, neck, feet, arms, nail plates.
There are several types of psoriasis:
- plaque (vulgar);
- haggard;
- pustular (arising as a result of suppuration, wounds);
- arising on the palms and soles of the legs;
- seborrhea.
According to statistics, up to 2% of the world's population suffer from unpleasant symptoms.Psoriasis is not considered an infectious ailment, treatment can be carried out at home, but nevertheless, you should not be delayed with a doctor’s visit.
Causes and symptoms
The nature of the occurrence of the disease has not been completely studied even today, it is only known that psoriasis often occurs with disorders of the nervous and immune system.Medicine calls the main factor a genetic predisposition.
In addition, a whole list of possible causes of the disease is distinguished:
- thin skin prone to dryness;
- Frequent washing of the body and hair;
- constant stress;
- bad habits (alcohol, smoking);
- sharp change in climatic conditions;
- genetics (heredity);
- taking drugs (from cramps, malaria, antidepressants);
- consequences of influenza, SARS, colds;
- allergy;
- disorders in the liver;
- renal failure;
- diaper rash and damage to the skin.
Symptoms, regardless of the causes of occurrence, are always the same.The whole process of development of the disease is divided into 4 stages:
First, reddish, or pink spots covered with peeling silver scales appear.They itch, swell and spread very quickly along the rest of the skin.
The second stage is called the "stationary stage".Burders, injuries, combs appear on the skin.With the advent of neoplasms, plaques merge.
At this stage, scaly spots stop their growth, acquire clear boundaries, the skin becomes a bluish tint, the “sores” begin to peel off.
The last stage is regression.First of all, the skin ceases to itch and peel off, then a natural color returns to it and only the seals disappear “at sunset”.
Treatment of psoriasis is possible at home, with the help of folk remedies.It is only important to be careful when interacting with them.Before starting treatment, a specialist consultation is required.
Folk recipes from psoriasis
A miraculous folk remedy for the treatment of psoriasis at home is kerosene.There are many recipes with its use.Consider the list of the simplest and most popular:
A mixture of walnuts and kerosene diluted with vegetable juice.First you need to prepare ½ cup of beetroot, potato or carrot juice.Mix nuts and kerosene until a homogeneous mass is obtained.Drink 10 drops of the mixture on a piece of refinade, dissolve like a candy, then drink with nutrient juice from vegetables.Use at least 2 times a day, for 30 days, comprehensively, taking into account the recommendations of a dermatologist.
Kerosene and fish oil.5 ml of purified kerosene is mixed with 15 ml of fish oil, a clean piece of tissue or gauze is moistened in the finished mixture, then scaly spots are soaked with a mixture.
Unfilled kerosene is strictly prohibited, this is fraught with burns.The tool itself gives a good result, it can be used both together with herbal tinctures, and without them, the only minus is a pungent smell.
Folk remedies for psoriasis on the head
Psoriasis, developing in places where there is hair (head, neck, armpits, eyebrows), is called “seborrheic dermatitis” or simply seborrhea.At the same time, the head often itches, it contains large "flakes" dandruff.
There are a number of good ways to treat it:
- Golden mustache juice.It is rubbed into the dry scalp, and then the infusion from the plant is washed the head instead of shampoo, at the rate of 1 sheet per 1 liter of water.
- Ash from rosehips.From the dry branches of the shrub, the ash is obtained, mixed with petroleum jelly, in a proportion of 1: 1 and ointment is wiped with psoriasis plaques.
- Fir water.The fir needles are brewed in boiling water, at the rate of 15 g per half a glass of water, then the decoction is cooled and taken inside 3 times a day.The procedure is performed for 1.5 months, a break is made for 14 days, then the course is re -drank.
- Onions.Cut the middle onion in half and gently rub the surface of the scales.Luke juice will kill all pathogenic bacteria.
A very important point is to maintain the purity of the body, it should be washed using baby soap or shampoo.You can not comb the plaques so as not to enhance the irritation of the skin and not give the chances of the disease to spread to an even larger surface of the head.
Folk remedies for psoriasis on hand
Items on the surface of the hands are not recommended to comb, sometimes it is very difficult to restrain himself, but you need to remember that because of this the disease begins to progress, damaging an even greater area of the skin.To reduce discomfort from itching, it follows in terms of choosing clothing.
Treatment involves a number of ways:
Herbal tinctures.Skin diseases can be treated with a composition of such herbs as: valerian, celandine stems, calamus rhizomes, chamomile flowers, thyme, viburnum and sage leaves.For cooking, you need to brew a spoonful of ground dry grass in 200 ml of boiled water, bring to a boil in a water bath, cool and take 2-3 tablespoons three times a day, after eating.
Wiping or accepting water procedures.Baths using celandine leaves, sage, St. John's wort.To treat the surface of the nails that have undergone psoriasis, at home make baths from a bay leaf.Another folk remedy with a bactericidal effect is considered ointment from solidol and tar.The tar is diluted with sunflower oil, and solidol is used in its pure form.In equal proportions, 2 products are mixed and elbows, skin folds and places behind the ears are smeared.The ointment is applied for 10 minutes, then with each next procedure the duration of exposure is brought to half an hour.
It is completely impossible to get rid of skin diseases, but with the help of known means, unpleasant itching, redness and the progression of psoriasis can be reduced.
Using soda against psoriasis
A simple but no less effective folk remedy for the treatment of psoriasis is food soda.Its use is possible in several versions:
Compresses.For this, 1 tbsp.l.Soda is dissolved in 30 ml of warm boiled water.A gauze or bandage is soaked in the mixture, then it is distributed on the foci of psoriasis and withstand at least half an hour.The course should be carried out 10-14 days.
Bath.Procedures are recommended before going to bed.For the full volume of the bath, 1 kilogram of soda will be required.The water temperature should not be more than 40 ° C.The time of the procedure should be 20-40 minutes.Leaving the bath, the body is rubbed with oily cream, this will prevent drying the skin and eliminate the feeling of tightness.
Wiping the wounds.A cotton drive is moistened in a weak soda solution, and wounds are wiped.
Every housewife will find Soda, nothing is easier to find, and the effect will not make you wait long, itchy scales are healed much faster.
The use of activated coal
Activated carbon is considered a good folk remedy for the treatment of psoriasis at home.Fans of non -traditional medicine call it the most effective tool.Treatment can be carried out in several ways:
Taking tablets inside.Activated carbon is used at the rate of 1 tablet per 10 kg of human weight - an indicator of the desired amount of tablets that need to be consumed per day.In this case, you should drink as much liquid as possible.The procedure is carried out daily for 30 to 45 days.
Lotions.Half a pack of tablets must be chopped and stirred in 2 tablespoons of boiled water, until the gruel is formed.Then it is applied to itching spots and withstands a quarter of an hour.After gruel, it is washed off with warm water, and damaged places are lubricated with baby cream or any other that contains glycerin.
The product is “penny”, but in fact it helps to get rid of unpleasant itching and peeling stains.
Therapeutic mud
For centuries, therapeutic mud has been very popular in the fight against a number of various diseases.She is useful in the treatment of psoriasis at home.The result from this folk remedy becomes noticeable after a couple of procedures.One of the most popular and affordable variations is the dirt of the Dead Sea.In time, treatment takes from 10 days to 2 weeks.
This method allows you to easily get rid of flaky spots.It is recommended to use therapeutic dirt at the initial stage of the development of the disease, combining with still water and healthy nutrition.
Treatment with beaver stream
A beaver stream is an animal substance.These are two bags (glands) located near the anus of the beaver, with their help they die.Use it to get rid of pain and removing the main symptoms of psoriasis.The product should be used by diluting with a large amount of water.
There are 2 ways to use a substance:
- Admission inside.Grind the glands to a powder state and dissolve in a small amount of warm boiled water.Take 3 times a day for 5 ml, washed down with a glass of water or herbal decoctions.Continue for 30-40 days.
- Externally.Dissolve the finished powder from the glands in warm water and wipe the scaly plaques of psoriasis, or use it as a compress, laying the bandage for a quarter of an hour.
Tincture can be prepared independently.It is necessary to be prepared for the fact that the beaver glands have a peculiar smell, so when consumed inside, you can sweeten the infusion with honey or sugar, or drink in herbal teas or coffee.
The use of herbs from psoriasis
When using herbs, decoctions and tinctures, it is possible to improve the condition of the body's immune system, the violation of which is one of the primorders of psoriasis.
For these purposes, they are used:
- broth based on flaxseen;
- Flowers of a blue cornfield;
- bay leaf brewed in boiling water;
- “Chaga” - birch mushroom;
- nettle leaves;
- sage;
- thyme;
- Infusion of birch and coniferous buds (pine, spruce, cedar).
Herbs have phytoncid properties, fight with microbes and various kinds of fungi and bacteria.
Other folk methods
Treatment of psoriasis at home perfectly takes place when using such a folk remedy as propolis.From bee products, you can make good ointments that have an anti -inflammatory effect, since a birch tar is added to Propolis.
To make the skin damaged by psoriasis softer, from propolis with the addition of butter, you can prepare a product for lotions and lubrication.To do this, you need only 100 grams of both product.The result will pleasantly surprise, such a mixture quickly relieves itching and inflammation of the skin, while moisturizing it.
Badger fat is popularly considered a cure for all diseases, its help in the treatment of psoriasis will be indispensable.It not only has natural antiseptic properties, but also quenches pain, strengthens the body's protective functions and has a healing effect.It is a little heated and lubricated with the affected areas of the skin, left for half an hour, then washed off with warm water.
As you know, garlic is a popular antimicrobial agent, with skin problems, tincture on vodka and vinegar for oral administration is made from it.
Psoriasis requires multifaceted treatment, folk remedies only help alleviate itching, irritation on the skin, accelerate the healing process of wounds and support immunity.You can’t do without medication and visiting a doctor.The treatment should be clear and planned, only then can a good result be achieved.