Posted by
Runner
20 yrs ago
I believe psoriasis is incurable and all one can do is treat the symptoms. Does anyone know of any proven remedies, homeopathitic, naturopathetic, Chinese herbal or otherwise, which might alleviate the symptoms?
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my boyfriend is also suffering from psoriasis (he is white and in his 20's), and he has been taking chinese herbal medicine (prescribed to him by a registered chinese doctor in HK) for quite some time now and we have seen a very noticeable improvement to the skin and itchiness. However, as your mother is in the uk, I guess the option of chinese herbal medicine may not be so available or appealing.
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There are many remedies, including alternative remedies, available to treat the symptoms, however Psoriasis remains an illness that comes and goes.
I would certainly try some of the newer available creams and applications. Your dermatologist could make some suggestions.
TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) has been proven to give good results in skin ailments.
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Thanks foxyfox but surprisingly enough there are quite a few Chinese herbalists in Britain, one around the corner from reluctant offsrping in London. If you have the name of anything I will track it down, if necessary in HK and send it to her. In fact I might ask him to go to the Chinese herbalist and ask for whatever he has for psoriasis. Thanks again.
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Foxyfox, my wife (who's a lot more clued up than me) reckons that it's not as simple as just go in and buy the stuff from a Chinese herbalist, as it's not just a case of "one size fits all". Apparently there are many factors that an herbalist will take into account when prescribing.
I picked up on the google search engine a place in West London which, from memory, is called "The Alternative Centre". It seems they flog off the shelf remedies to alleviate the symptoms but they also have a clinic where the "whole person" is treated - and presumably offers a better chance of success than buying ointment over the counter. They don't boast of cures, as some of the book-selling web sites claim, and appear to be kosher.
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Pumpkin, once again I thank you for all your help and advice and apologise for my perceived insensitivity. I have only a few years left before I die and so the the prospect of me developing psoriasis would become of diminishing importance regardless - how I look or feel when they nail the lid on the coffin matters not.
I am synpathetic I can assure you, but that probably doesn't make you feel any better any more than it makes my mother feel any better.
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Hi Runner,
I think you may have misunderstood my post. The treatment is definitely "tailor-made", and the chinese doctor had to prescribe the herbal ingredients according to the patients' health and condition, and these ingredients had to be cooked down to a bitter liquid potion and took by the patients orally. So such treatment is not "off-the-shelf" cream or potion. When my boyfriend first started out his treatment, he went to see the doctor everyday for 2 weeks and each time, he was prescribed a somewhat different potion with different ingredients.
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FOTH Thanks for your advice but I'm afraid part of the problem rests with her as she's incapable of standing up for what might be her right to fair treatment. She's a working class woman who unquestioningly obeys the voice of authority, the likes of doctors, i.e. go away and don't bother me.
Also, she's a Scottish exile, living in Wales for all her adult life. I believe the English might be a tad better off with their health service - it's absolute rubbish in Wales where it's a case of God help you if you don't have privare medical insurance.
I apologise for sounding so negative but it's a little frustrating lving so far away and being unable to do more than try to find something that will sort out her immediate problem.
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It's not me who's suffering from it thank goodness. I have an elderly mother, living in the UK, who developed this in the last year or so. It's quite extensive, over most of her body, tops pf the legs, arms and back of hands, but not her face and lower legs. Although sceptical of the "money back guarantee" I bought some ointment for her from a West Indian lady in Spitalfields Market in London. It was fifteen pounds for quite a small pot of stuff which had a faint menthol smell and which I didn't figure would work but which has apparently stopped the incessant itching (she's tearing herself apart scrathing). Having used it all quite quickly she now she wants me to get her another, larger, pot of the stuff (a home-made remedy I gather). I'm making efforts through my reluctant offspring who lives in London, however, I was hoping there might be something that was more accessible for her which she could buy or concoct herself/ She's tried MSM cream but that had no noticeable effect.
I'm hoping it's not genetic because if I live long enough I wouldn't want to go through the same thing.
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Pumpkin, my mother is 79 and a Brit, i.e. there's not much in the way of medical treatment in the UK for someone who the Government considers to have outlived their welcome on this planet and who is a drain on the country's medical (and welfare) services. Her doctor gave her platitudes, which are cheaper than prescriptive medicines, which is why I'm willing to pay for whatever treatment my mother needs and why I'm seeking advice on what I can do to ease her suffering. Doctors in the UK now run "community health centres" where they are given a fived budget to treat however many people are registered with them. How far off the bottom of the list of priorities do you think old people might be? It might sound cynical but it's true - I've been a socialist all my life and find it abhorrent that the so called "New Labour" Party can promote such policies.
I can foresee the day when not only is suicide and euthanasia encouraged, that it is made compulsory for people who have outlived their usefulness, such as my mother (and maybe me in not too many years time).
I don't know why you think it's callous to say I hope it's not hereditary. I've seen how she's suffering and wouldn't want to go through the same thing myself. My developing the same condition isn't going to ease her suffering, and I'm sure she wouldn't wish it on any of her children or grandchildren.
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I had a friend with this. He was told, as well as lotions and potions, to get as much sun as possible. Something in the UV. The most effective treatment was a machine at the dermatologist a bit like a fake tanning machine which gave him high UV. Could you pay privately for your mum to see a dermatologist once, just to get some good advice about managing it?
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