By: Richard Bleuze
Psoriasis is a stubborn skin diseases. It is characterized by thick, red, silvery, scaled patches of skin. This disease affects both sexes equally and may appear at any age. Psoriasis is not contagious. Since psoriasis is a metabolic disease, a cleansing juice fast for about seven days is very desirable in the beginning of the treatment. Carrots, beats, cucumbers and grapes may be used for juices. Juices of citrus fruits should be avoided. In addition, a warm water enema should be used daily to cleanse the bowels during the fast. After the juice fast, you should adopt the diet of three basic food groups, namely (i) seeds, nuts and grains, (ii) vegetables and (iii) fruits, with emphasis on raw seeds and nuts, especially seasame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds.
All animal fats, including milk, butter and eggs should be avoided. Refined or processed foods and foods containing hydrogenated fats or white sugar, all condiments, tea and coffee, should be avoided. After noticeable improvement, goat’s milk, yogurt and home made cottage cheese may be added to the diet. Juice fasts may be repeated after four weeks on diet. Vitamin E therapy has been found effective in the treatment of psoriasis. lecithin is also considered a remarkable remedy for psoriasis. You should not take frequent baths and soap should not be used.
Regular sea water baths and the application of sea water externally over the affected parts once a day have been found to be beneficial. In addition, epsom salts bath have also proved valuable in the cure of psoriasis. You might also consider using epsom salt over the affected areas should you not be able to locate sea watersalt. Finally, you might consider rubbing a little olive oil after a bath.
