Dear Paul, Cetyl Myristoleate or CMO is supposed to help all auto-immune diseases, and it cured my arthritis, (my dog`s, too) so if P is auto-immune, it ought to help! (I`ve heard it is good for Lupus.) Marshalee
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Lena Guyot <[email protected]> wrote: > 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! > > > >
