HI Paul, Psoriasis (P) seems to have many reasons, thus many remedies that sort of work for a while and then don't. Being a Lymie, I've found that P, for me, is an expression of my liver being over-burdened and the skin taking out the trash, and manifesting inflammation.
When I first started Salt & C, my P diminished somewhat, then plateaued and as I killed more and more Lyme, it was hard to do enough detox to relieve the skin and things more or less returned. I'd tried Milk Thistle, but it didn't do much, until this spring, someone mentioned higher dosing and within 2 weeks, several of my more recently-arrived patches completely cleared up! I was experimenting with 3 caps a day. Now have gone to 4. (headaches appeared at increase, then tapered off) Now my patches are more like clusters of islands, instead of solid continents, and the rate of scale build-up is much slower. Stress, hot, humid weather, definitely don't help. Not scratching them until they flake off and bleed is another thing. I've found that clear packing tape, rubbed on hard with a spoon, then peeled off, will remove scales well, without the bleeding, which I think triggers more inflammation. Argan oil, applied several times a day also seems to calm the skin a bit. I put it in a small roll-on bottle (eBay) to make it go farther, as it's expensive. I'm convinced that P, like Lyme, can be a group of things, which would explain why remedies work for a while and then don't, as secondary fungi, or infections become the new insurgents. Just my opinion: not a doc, just a Lymie lab-rat. I tried Low-Dose Naltrexone for a couple months as that had been highly touted for P arthritis, but to my horror, I had new outbreaks on my face where there'd never been before, so quit. My local pharmacist mixes a topical creme base with Gotu-Kola, emptied from herbal caps, and that seems to help soften scales so they come off more easily. I've tried that, along with adding Feverfew herb powder to the mix. I read the P sufferers are sometimes deficient in Fumaric acid, so I tried that and it helped break 'continents' into 'islands' a bit, but slowly.I still take one a day just in case. Recently, this summer, I had small (o)-sized red spots with dry scaly centers pop up in new places and feared they'd be new P, then googled around and found that there is a certain form of strep rash that can happen. I Rifed for all the strep in the CAFL list and the spots faded away. Colloidal silver seems to knock out some of the pathogens that might be along for the ride on major patches. This is a tough one! The old ad saying 'The heartbrak of Psoriasis' wasn't kidding. The TV-advertised pharma has too many black-box warnings for me. Anything that compromises the immune system, especially for Lymies, is a step in the WRONG direction. So many promising pharmaceutical that I resisted over the years would now have entitled me to being part a many class-actions suits, that I'm never tempted by their superficial fixes. If the remedy doesn't actually work at the very basic cause, it's a waste of time, $$$, and possibly one's ability to heal. On other issues, I've had good luck with Chinese traditional medicines, (TCMs) with some that are pre-made as teapills, for general conditions, but the couple I tried for P didn't do anything, which means they might have to be custom-made by an expert Chinese herbalist, who can assess you personally, and I have none in my area. Hope something here is of use. Be well, Léna On Aug 16, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Paul Steel wrote: > Hey all > > Anyone know of a cure or something that helps a lot for psoriasis? > > Thanks a lot!!! > > Paul Steel > h 508.520.6905 > c 508.922.0519 > The harder you work the luckier you get! >
