Psoriasis is a disease occurring family, especially in people with certain tissues. Approximately 2 percent of the population has the disease and is commonly between 15 and 40 years of age.

We do not know the real reason, but we know that some things may have the disease to break out. For example, the stress, inflammation, alcohol and certain medications (eg lithium, klorokin, beta blockers and karbamazepin) and physical irritation of the skin disease have to break up. It can also disappear in time. The diet is also important (see later).

In psoriasis skin cells grow in the affected areas very quickly, and some cells of the immune system invade the skin, so it is an autoimmune disorder, which fits with the fact that both the mind and the diet affects the immune system. D-vitamin deficiency is very important for psoriasis.
The need for vitamin D3, which is natural and harmless type of excessive vitamin D is 50-60 micrograms per day (2,000 units). See also on www.dsgnet.dk during autoimmune diseases.

There may be, or get other autoimmune diseases, when you have psoriasis. Tarmbetændelser of autoimmune origin, such as Crohn's disease and colitis ulcerosa occur more frequently in psoriasis affected and there may be some correlation with gluten intolerance (cøliaki).

Tar may have a fine effect on psoriasis, but the tar smell and discolored, and may cause hypersensitivity to light. I can also recommend to test with products from the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. Internet address is www.bluelagoon.is Their products contain silicon and vitamins that are produced by algae in the lagoon. They are very effective against psoriasis, but also good for general skincare. You can book directly over the Internet and get details of the place where you can come in a several weeks stay and bathing in the Blue Lagoon where the algae produce and other vitamins that are good against psoriasis. Unfortunately we can not get grants to stay up there. We can however, stay at the Dead Sea in Israel, in the case of severe psoriasis. A third option is to go on holiday in Lanzarote, where there is plenty of sunshine and very salt sea water. The German psoriasis association has a spa on the island of Lanzarote, otherwise there is the excellent and Danish-owned Club LaSanta.

On the dry and scaly areas lendemain can use emu oil, olive oil or castor oil, preferably be organic and have been heated (available from the company include "asterisk", Søborg Hovedgade 32, 2860 Søborg. Tlf. 3969 1518). Valley oil that can be purchased in health food stores are also good against psoriasis.

A good cream called Vilact contains colostrum, the first milk of cows after calving, which contains important immune substances. Creme also mandelolie, sheabutter, Aloe vere, beeswax and Vitamin E. No essential oils, fragrances or parabens. It is preserved with phenoxyethanol and sodium benzoate. Vilact can be used against children eczema and other eczema, psoriasis, burns, red numser, wounds and scars, burns after radiotherapy, vitiligo mm. Purchased in health food stores.

Ledins Örtsalva (urtesalve) can also be recommended for psoriasis. Can be purchased from Dragør Health. Tel. 3253 9401.

A good cream for psoriasis is a natural cream called questioners Ring Cream, with either mandelolie, beeswax
and eucalyptusolie or mandelolie with beeswax, Ylang-Ylang. (Tel. 8698 9220, Helle B. Ludvigsen).

As an alternative to anoint with hormones can be used Dr. Herne vitamin cream, developed by a Norwegian doctor. Can be purchased from Hasse Jacobsen, Lokesvej 162 7800 Skive. TEL.: 97 51 24 36 Hasse@Jacobsen.mail.dk Is not the market at the moment.

A good, old remedy for psoriasis is a mixture of salicylic acid, 12.5 grams, with quillajatjæresprit DD63, 237.5 grams. It can only be obtained with a medical prescription and only in Glostrup and Skanderborg pharmacies. It should be brushed on the skin where it is psoriasis.

Regarding diet and other things of importance to a natural, alternative psoriasis treatment, one can read about it in a booklet which can be ordered from the Danish Edgar Cayce Company Phone 5576 3355. It costs 50 dollars.

The diet should be predominantly alkaline, partly can be made with fruit (except currants, large sweat happening, plums and blueberries) and do not eat fruits with any other food. Moreover, at a cost of many vegetables and then you know psoriasis avoid products from solanaceous as tomatoes, potatoes, pepper, paprika, aubergine and tobacco. Meat is not good because it is acid-forming, but birds, fish and lamb in the not too large quantities is in order. Bread must be rough - not white bread. Sweets, cakes, ice cream, chocolate, fast food products and foods with artificial additives are not recommended.

It can also be recommended to take an allowance of vitamins, minerals and extra antioxidants. I can recommend at least 750 mg vitamin C 3 times daily and vitamin E, eg in the form of Cardi-E or
Natural-E, two capsules daily. You can also try to extract from olive leaves in the form of Olivir. Begin with 2 tablets 2 times daily, and may later go down to one tablet twice a day. In psoriasis, there is often too little selenium and zinc in the body, so supplementation with these two minerals recommended. Available as Bio-selenium plus zinc. 2 tabl. the evening. A grant of lecithin can also be beneficial.

Vitamin D3, which is the natural vitamin D, has an important influence on the immune system's normal function and counteracts the development of autoimmune diseases. Almost all Danes have, except perhaps in the two summer months, where you get more sun on the skin, lack of vitamin D3. The recommended daily allowance of 5 micrograms (400 units) is now considered to be too low. Our real needs are at least 50 micrograms (2000 units) of vitamin D3 daily. Some need 100 micrograms a day (4,000 units). You can supplement with vitamin D3 tablets á 10, 20 or 30 micrograms). There is no harm using the natural vitamin D3 in the daily doses of less than 250 micrograms (10,000 units).

Life Spice Vital, which contains 32 different herbs have been shown to help psoriasis. When many different substances in contact with tarmslimhinden, this will dampen the immune system
the functioning and hence the autoimmune response in psoriasis and other autoimmune diseases.

Dr. Even Marstrand from Humlebæk has developed a very strong antioxidant agent, Titan copper Vitamin C Complex. He has good experience with this tool can help good about psoriasis, including the difficult pustuløse form. One can only get Titan copper Vitamin C Complex in Glostrup the pharmacy and only on prescription. It should take two tablets three times daily for at least half a year. Besides this complexity, we must take allowance of zinc, 30 or 40 mg, manganese 10 mg daily and 200 micrograms of selenium daily (organic, eg Seleno Precise).

The mental play also an important role in psoriasis, where stress, fear and anxiety can cause outbreaks. The same goes according to Cayce for negative emotional attitudes. It is therefore important to avoid too much stress and learn to relax. it is important to plan properly and to be where you are at full attention to what you are doing.

Cayce also advises that you drink 6-8 glasses of water each day, including as part of a cleansing of the body. Fish oil and gammalinolensyre such as kæmpenatlysolie or boragolie are good to take against psoriasis.

Essential (essential) sugars, which are eight, can help a lot by psoriasis. These sugars communication between the body's cells are coated with a mass reception sites (receptors) for sugars, which can configure ( "roll over") in millions of ways. By failing psoriasis with cellular communication, which ensures that cells grow only what they need to replace each other. When a cell dies, there will be a new instead. In psoriasis formed too many skin cells.
The essential sugars can be purchased as glykoernæring from Matas or in a health food store
or Ambrotose from private dealers.

The medical treatment which is something more krads than the alternative, consists most often treated with strong adrenal cortical hormones ointments, which may cause dilution of the skin. Moreover, the often rapid relapse after cessation. So we now use more calcipotriol (Daivonex R), a synthetic vitamin D preparation. It can give irritation to the skin, especially in the face and hudfolder. It does not help, we can provide light, perhaps. after having increased sensitivity to light with the drug psoralen. In severe cases Monday suppresses the immune system with chemotherapy with methotrexate or cyclosporine. Medical psoriasis treatment is usually with a hudlæge. Treatment of soft-laser ( "soft" laser) is also worth trying.

I recommend reading a good book about psoriasis and diet - "Psoriasis - No thanks!". Can be purchased
in the bookstore. Forlaget Dune Rose. Author nutritional therapist Marianne Fjordgården, Grindsted.

A very special treat psoriasis is to take a bath at a clinic where the water is a lot of small fish called Garra rufa or doctor fish. " The small fish eat skin of the bulb and simultaneously deliver a enzymholdigt secretions that works on healing the skin. The fish does not transmit infection, and so does not hurt during or after.
Denmark GarraRufaCenter, Farum Hovedgade 13, 3520 Farum. Tel. 4495 2761.
E-mail: bioclinic@bioclinic.dk Website: www.bioclinic.dk

Council against psoriasis:
In a month, every day I washed myself with salt, let it dry, and gone with a couple of hours, it gave an astonishing result. Now just over a month after, I am almost free of my psoriasis and it is here in the dark winter. I have not used sun lamp, only saline.
This letter I sent to Your Corner of Psoriasis sheet, and since I know you are in favor of alternative treatments, it might be something you can use, the treatment is cheap and free of side effects.

The recipe is simple:
80 g coarse French Mediterranean salt in a half liter of warm water, rinse it in psoriasis, let it dry in, after a few hours Monday flushed it, repeat it every day. After rinsing lubricates me by ordinary moisturizer.

Afterthought I have now used this treatment in the 4½  months, there are only a few individual spotsleft.