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Psoriasis treatments fall into 3 categories:
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Topical (applied to the skin) ¨C Mild to moderate psoriasis
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Phototherapy (light, usually ultraviolet, applied to the skin) ¨C Moderate to severe psoriasis
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Systemic (taken orally or by injection or infusion) ¨C Moderate, severe or disabling psoriasis
While each of these therapies is effective, there are also drawbacks.
Self-Treatments of Psoriasis:
- Oatmeal baths: Use to soothe psoriatic areas (follow label directions).
- Black currant oil (3,000 milligrams daily).
- Pine tar soap (follow label directions).
- Zinc and other antioxidant supplements with multi-mineral ingredients (follow label directions).
- Smilax (sarsaparilla) (1/2 to 1 teaspoon three times a day; reduce dosage if diarrhea occurs).
- Flaxseed oil (1 to 3 tablespoons daily) taken with vitamin E (400 to 800 IU daily), or fish oil concentrate (3 to 10 grams daily).
Professional Treatments of Psoriasis:
1. A skin formula, consisting of barbat skullcap (ban zhi lian); oldenlandia (bai hua she cao); gentiana (long dan cao); rehmannia root (sheng di huang); viola (zi hua di ding); siler (fang feng); lonicera (jin yin hua); lysimachia (jin qian cao); coptis root (huang lian); tang kuei (dang gui); bupleurum (chai hu); carthamus [safflower] (hong hua); senna leaf (fan xie ye); and rhubarb (da huang), taken at the rate of 2 to 3 tablets, three to four times daily.
For heat signs, add 1 to 2 tablets of a heat formula, consisting of isatis extract (da qing ye and ban lan gen); oldenlandia (bai hua she she cao); lonicera (jin yin hua); prunella (xia ku cao); andrographis (chuan xin lian); laminaria (kun bu); viola; cordyceps (dong chong xia cao); and licorice (gan cao), three times a day.
For dryness, add 2 to 3 tablets of a marrow formula made from citrus peel (chen pi [ju pi]); ligusticum (chuan xiong); red jujube dates (da zao); salvia root (dan shen); tang kuei; codonopsis (dang shen); gelatin (e jiao); lycium fruit (gou qi zi); sprouted oryza (gu ya); polygonum (he shou wu); astragalus root (huang qi); milettia (ji xue teng); lotus seed (lian zi); fresh rehmannia (sheng di huang); and cooked rehmannia (shu di huang) four times a day.
2. Three tablets of a mobility formula comprised of red peony (chi shao); tang kuei; ligusticum (chuan xiong); rehmannia; persica (tao ren); atractylodes (bai zhu); poria (fu ling); citrus; siler; vitex (man jing zi); gentiana; achyranthes (niu xi); chiang huo (qiang huo); clematis (wei ling xian); ginger (gan jiang); angelica (bai zhi); and licorice, taken three to four times per day, and used for swollen joints.
3.Zaocys tablets, made from zaocys (wu shao she); agkistrodon (bai hua she); cnidium fruit (she chuang zi); tribulus (bai ji li); cicada (chan tui); red peony; tang kuei; schizonepeta (jing jie); siler; dictamnus (bai xian pi); rehmannia; and licorice, taken at a dosage of 3 tablets, three to four times daily, for psoriatic arthritis.
4.A dragon's blood formula, made from dragon's blood (xue jie); tienchi root (san qi); catechu (er cha); corydalis (yan hu suo); carthamus (hong hua); myrrh (mo yao); frankincense (ru xiang); borneol (bing pian); alcohol; and glycerine, can be applied undiluted directly to affected areas one to three times daily. If the skin is too sensitive to use the formula undiluted, then dilute in a ratio of one part formula to three parts safflower or avocado oil, and apply to affected areas one to three times daily.
5.A dictamnus formula, consisting of dictamnus; siler; red peony; tribulus; moutan (mu dan pi); lophatherum (dan zhu ye); cooked rehmannia; arctium (niu bang zi); sophora (ku shen); phellodendron (huang bai); atractylodes (cang zhu); talc (hua shi); and licorice, taken at a dosage of 3 tablets, three to four times daily. Use for cases with more scaling and itching, and less redness and heat signs. If heat signs are more prominent, use the skin formula as above.
