Psoriasis

The psoriasis is a dermatitis chronic, non-contagious inflammatory disease characterized by skin lesions, erythematous and scaly plaques, the severity of which refers to a chronic course associated with a lifestyle wrong for many people psoriasis is considered a real social obstacle.
Genetic predisposition plays an increasingly important role, even in the case of psoriasis, but there are many other factors that can trigger a disturbance stress psychologically unbalanced diet, smoking, pregnancy , infections and alcohol contribute to enhance psoriasis.

Natural Remedies

Psoriasis is exactly half-way between the disorder itself and a necessity cosmetics: psoriasis can not be treated with natural products for the stages of acute course.
In herbal medicine you can buy many products for topical use for the treatment of psoriasis as balms, creams, ointments and gels.
These natural remedies should be formulated with targeted drugs, which act directly on the disorder: the active ingredients derived from it should promote antioxidant activity, restorative, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties. In addition, the product should be characterized by oils or waxes acting emollient and protective to soften the skin.
Below are some examples that you configure excellent remedies to relieve psoriasis:

Natural gel for psoriasis

  • Aloe vera ( Aloe vera gel ) is considered in this formulation due to the presence of polysaccharides that exert action restorative (recent studies have shown that in vitro aloe is capable of stimulating cell division). Aloe also acts by decreasing the dehydration of the skin. Some people attribute to products based on properties of aloe moisturizing : this definition, referring to a product for topical use is inaccurate, since the drugs purely moisturizers capture water from the atmosphere and the vehicle involved in the skin. Despite what is stated, the aloe may be termed a pseudo-moisturizer because it manages to preserve the amount of water of the skin and decrease the loss of water due to organic acids that slowly give the captured water from the environment (the correct term is emollient).
  • Propolis : beekeeping product characterized by many bio-molecules derived flavoniodica (pinocembrina, galangin) and phenyl propanoidica ( caffeic acid phenyl ethyl ester with antibacterial and antibiotic properties). Flavonoids promote the action of antioxidant , anti-inflammatory, restorative and antiseptic. Propolis is characterized by important health surprising physiological situations, the only problem is that it is potentially allergenic.
  • Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi): the oily extract of grapefruit seed extract is rich in phenols and flavonoids with antioxidant activity. Furthermore, the grapefruit is characterized by ceramides consisting of sphingosine (nitrogen molecule) esterified with fatty acids . The ceramides are constituents of membrane and transmission mediators of inflammatory signal: for this reason, the oily extract of grapefruit seed acts with anti-inflammatory activity.
A herbal product is very effective as follows: drugs used are only three, but each exerts a specific and particular. Now we will analyze another formulation that performs the same action of the gel, but it is a lot of drugs.

Natural cream for psoriasis

  • Macadamia oil (Macadamia integrifolia) and jojoba oil (Simmondsia chinensis) are two products that give oleaginous emollient, protective and antioxidant, which prevents inflammation unsaponifiable: are, however, typical properties of all oils (despite the ' Jojoba oil is actually a liquid wax because it is constituted by a mix of fatty acids esterified with alcohols other than glycerol), consequently the ' sweet almond oil , for example, would be an excellent replacement of macadamia oil and jojoba wax.
The oilseeds in general have nourishing properties when applied locally, thanks to the unsaponifiable fraction consists of slightly polar molecules such as flavonoids and tetraterpenes. The jojoba oil promotes the activity dermoprotective and gives elasticity to the skin, is rich in vitamin E and protects the skin from free radicals.
  • Squalene : The squalene is the chemical precursor of steroids, which is a triterpene hydrocarbon membranes animals and plants. Occurs naturally in the bran of the rice in olive and wheat germ , a herbal product used as a tonic against psoriasis - skin tissues and promotes metabolic activity eudermic and restorative cream.
  • Salicylic acid , extracted from almonds and willow (Salix Babylonian Linneus) is ambiguous, the presence of salicylic acid in a cream for psoriasis. Erroneously, one might think that carries an anti-inflammatory, but it is not correct to ascribe such properties to this molecule if it has been inserted in a topical product and not in a formulation for internal use. In fact salicylic acid, as well as being an element of the market, has a mildly epithelizing and stimulating, non-inflammatory.
  • Burdock ( Arctium lappa ): sulfurized terpene and phenolic components believed to possess anti-inflammatory and improves skin perspiration .
  • Pineapple (Ananas sativus): the importance of pineapple in a natural product against psoriasis lies in the presence of bromelain , a proteolytic enzyme that promotes the anti-inflammatory activity: in vitro has been demonstrated that bromelain inhibits the production of prostaglandins and thromboxanes , mediators of pain. The term "proteolytic enzyme" might make us think: literally means "break down proteins," then is natural to ask what connection there is between bromelain and treatment of psoriasis. The answer is simple: psoriasis is also manifested with the desquamation of the skin, referred to a damage of the cells go into apoptosis (cell death), consequently the skin feels the need to be re-epithelialized and bromelain exerts just this function, "breaking" the proteins of the skin and promoting re-epithelialization.
  • Gotu Kola ( Centella asiatica ): The plant complex of saponin triterpenoid imparts capillarotrope the product, that tone the microcirculation peripheral venous stimulating circulation. Centella could be replaced with other plants for saponins as butcher's broom, horse chestnut , ivy.
  • Zinc oxide : exerts considerable capacity adsorbent, decreases excessive perspiration of the skin and limits the suppuration. It is necessary in the event that psoriasis is accompanied by injuries and wounds difficult to heal.
The second product analyzed is much more complex and varied than the gel with propolis, grapefruit and aloe: in fact, the drugs used for cream are many and the functions performed by them are repeated many times. Between the two products is recommended that the first: it is better targeted and precise formulation, the drugs which are able to carry out their properties in a correct and unambiguous.
Before taking any natural treatment, it is advisable to undergo a specialist from a doctor or a dermatologist who will direct the patient towards natural treatments, phototherapy or specific drug treatment for psoriasis .