Psoriasis | Natural simple home cure

Psoriasis is a chronic disease where thick scaly and itchy, dry, painful, red patches form on the skin. Sometimes psoriasis is associated with arthritis. Psoriasis patches appear most prominently around the large joints (knees and elbows) and sometimes on the scalp. Many psoriasis patient also suffer from constipation. Many psoriasis patients have had a case of hepatitis in their past (Some have had hepatitis and did not know it). Another factor many psoriasis patients have in common is that they consumed large amounts of hydrogenated oils (margarine) in the past.

Traditional Psoriasis treatment

Topical treatments	Side effects
Topical corticosteroids. Ranging in strength, from mild to very strong
Vitamin D analogues
Anthralin. Used sometimes in combination with ultraviolet light	stains anything it touches
Topical retinoids	skin irritation, sensitivity to sunlight, risk of birth defects for pregnant women
Calcineurin inhibitors	skin irritation, increased risk of skin cancer and lymphoma
Salicylic acid
Coal tar	messy, stains with a strong odor
Moisturizers
Light (UVA) therapy phototherapy	Side effects
Sunlight
UVB phototherapy	redness, itching and dry skin
Narrowband UVB therapy	Severe, long lasting burns
Photochemotherapy, or psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA)	nausea, headache, burning and itching and increased risk of skin cancer, including melanoma
Excimer laser	redness and blistering
Combination light therapy
Oral or injected medications	Side effects
Retinoids	dryness of skin, itching and hair loss, severe birth defects for pregnant women
Methotrexate	upset stomach, loss of appetite and fatigue, severe liver damage and multi-form anemia
Cyclosporine	increased risk of infection and other health problems, including cancer. Kidney problems and high blood pressure
Hydroxyurea	multi-form anemia
Immunomodulator drugs (biologics)	immune suppressant, life-threatening infections

Available Psoriasis treatments are medicine of the first degree among the seven levels of medicine. The current Psoriasis medications are expensive, not a cure with serious, sometimes life-threatheing, side effects.

Psoriasis and alternative natural medicine

According to the natural law of duality (where expansion = yin, contraction = yang), psoriasis is an expansive illness (tends to spread, itching and peeling skin). Psoriasis is triggered by a passing illness or a crisis. But the underlying cause of psoriasis, like most illnesses, is the accumulation of faulty eating habits that violate the natural law of duality and produce imbalance and lower immunity. Psoriasis is an illness of the second and third stages among the seven stages of illness. Psoriasis is directly related to the liver, so the kidneys-lungs should also be considered in natural treatment. Kidneys-lungs are mother-father of the liver in the five elements theory of natural medicine.

Psoriasis natural alternative treatment and cure

Food is best natural treatment. Foods affect psoriasis positively or adversely depending on their type. Foods that restore natural balance cure psoriasis naturally without side effects. Psoriasis is expansive, and foods that cause expansion (Sugar, margarine, parsley, lettuce and vitamin C, etc.) will make psoriasis worse. Foods that cause contraction will naturally cure psoriasis and restore skin elasticity and suppleness. With the right diet, psoriasis can be cured completely. It takes from a couple of weeks to several months to cure psoriasis depending on its severity.

Psoriasis additional natural alternative treatment

In Addition to foods for curing psoriasis, temporary home remedies such as compresses, soakings and plasters might be necessary. This provides immediate relief for psoriasis sufferers until the right foods begin to take effect in curing psoriasis.

Healthy mind in a healthy body

The seven conditions of good health include mental well being. Psoriasis often results in mental troubles, like psychological distress and sometimes depression and shame. Improvement in psoriasis results naturally in psychological improvement. Becoming less preoccupied or overwhelmed with daily physical symptoms. This allows time to relax or meditate and be more hopeful and outgoing.

Psoriasis and macrobiotics

Curing psoriasis does not require eating Japanese food

Most people believe that macrobiotics means eating exotic Japanese foods. This is a misconception. Macrobiotics is not just a diet. When we understand macrobiotics, we understand the laws of nature that govern our health and our being.

The macrobiotic diet does not work for some people. Why?

If you have psoriasis and tried macrobiotics, particularly the #7 diet, but it did not work for you, then the foods you selected are not appropriate for your psoriasis. Macrobiotics principles, used correctly, help select the foods to eat and the foods to avoid (some permanently and some temporarily) for treating and curing psoriasis. Yin foods for Yang illnesses, Yang foods for Yin illnesses.

Psoriasis and vitamin and mineral supplements

Food is best natural treatment. With a carefully designed diet for psoriasis, there is no need for vitamin and mineral supplements. Some supplements can aggravate psoriasis when taken randomly. Example, Vitamin C & iron can have severe adverse effects on psoriasis.