Seven Natural Ways To Fight Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a skin condition that can cause redness, scaling, inflammation, pain, and itching on certain parts of the body, such as the elbows, knees, or scalp.

In people who suffer from this condition, skin cells are renewed very quickly, causing them to build up and cause unpleasant symptoms.

In this article, we share seven highly effective, natural tips to get rid of psoriasis once and for all.

Seven Natural Ways to Fight Psoriasis

1. Detoxify

The skin of people who suffer from psoriasis is often full of toxins. That is why it is important to properly cleanse your liver, kidneys and intestines at least once a year. These are the organs that are responsible for removing toxins from your body. This will reduce the burden on your skin.

Various supplements (for example, herbal teas and syrups) are available at health stores to purify your body. Choose the supplement that best suits your own lifestyle.

When you’re clearing your body, it’s especially essential to drink plenty of water throughout the day, especially on an empty stomach, to keep your gut functioning properly.

It usually takes between 15 days or a month to clear your body and it is best to do this in both the spring and fall.

2. Regulate your gut

Your gut is closely linked to your skin and immune system, giving them a direct impact on psoriasis. It is therefore important to pay close attention to the functioning of your intestines and to be aware of possible intestinal disorders.

If you suffer from a certain intestinal disorder, it is important to find out how you can best treat this problem:

• Constipation: flax seeds and chia seeds soaked in water, prunes, kiwis, apples with peel, sea water.
• Diarrhea: green tea, cabbage, edible white clay.
• Alternation between constipation and diarrhea: kuzu, psyllium husk, agar agar.

3. Avoid Gluten and Dairy

Psoriasis is also closely linked to the things you eat, especially food intolerances. People who suffer from this skin condition may even have a food intolerance without being aware of it, as their symptoms are confused with other disorders, such as migraines, indigestion, intestinal problems or anxiety.

The most common food intolerances are gluten intolerance (gluten is mainly found in grains such as wheat) and lactose intolerance (lactose is mainly found in milk). We therefore recommend removing these products from your diet for a month to see if this improves your condition.

4. Smaller Portions

Some people have found that they can effectively combat psoriasis by following this simple, yet great advice: eat smaller portions.

This means they never eat more than they need to. So try to stop at the point that you could in principle still eat something, but you are actually already full.

One trick to help you do this is to make a new dish every day, either by combining different ingredients or by choosing just one ingredient and only eating what’s on your plate.

Eat slowly, chew carefully and enjoy every bite. After your meal, you can drink a cup of tea to aid digestion.

5. Make use of seawater

Seawater can be truly miraculous, both internally and externally. People who have the chance to swim in the sea have probably noticed how beneficial this is. Swimming in the sea can combat psoriasis and improve the health of your hair.

Unfortunately, if you don’t have the opportunity to swim in the sea, you could try getting seawater so that you can apply it externally to your skin by squirting a little bit of it into your skin every day.

You can also buy it in some stores for cooking as a substitute for salt.

6. Licorice Baths

If you’re looking for a more effective way to combat psoriasis, try taking a bath  in an infusion of concentrated licorice root. This infusion has an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. Licorice is even known as natural cortisone.

The water should be hot, but pleasant, and you should lie in it for at least half an hour.

7. Supplements

There are three supplements that cannot be missed in the case of psoriasis:

• Brewer’s yeast: a great purifying agent for the skin that is rich in vitamins and minerals.
• Flaxseed oil: a vegetable oil that is rich in essential fatty acids.
• Nettle: An herb that has powerful purifying properties for the skin. You can consume nettle fresh or dried, in the form of a capsule or in the form of tea.