Psoriasis and naturopathy

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Psoriasis and naturopathy

Thus, if we treat Psoriasis as an inflammatory disease, we must do everything possible to prevent inflammation in the body. In phytotherapy, we treat plants and herbs that are anti-inflammatory and also counteract psoriasis in other ways. It is not necessary to buy all the products listed below. However, it is advisable to choose some for each group. These are the herbs and plants against psoriasis:

Supporting effects of Omega 3 (ALA) and 6 (GLA) oils:

• Borago officinales (oil) - borage or cucumber herb (borage oil)
• Linum usitatissimum (oil) - Linseed oil
• Oenothera biennis (oil) - Middle evening primrose oil
• Perilla frutecens (oil) - Black nettle oil
• Ribes nigrem (oil) - Blackcurrant oil

Reduced auto immune response of the skin

• Lentinula edodes - Shiitake
• Phlebodium decumanum - Calaguala
• Polypodium leucotomos - Tropical fern plant species

Skin cleansing effect:

• Articum lappa - Greater burdock
• Scrophularia nodosa - Knotweed
• Smilax officinalis - Common sarsaparilla
• Urtica dioica - Large stinging nettle
• Viola tricolor - tricoloured pansy

Limited external use on skin:

• Articum lappa - Greater burdock
• Aspalathus linearis - Rooibos
• Borago officinales (oil) - borage or cucumber herb (borage oil)
• Calendula officinalis - Marigold
• Carica papaya - Papaya
• Centella asiatica - Asian water spray
• Cinnamomum camphora CT cineol - Camphor tree
• Commiphora molmol - Myrrh
• Hippophae rhammanoides - sea buckthorn
• Lavendula vera - true lavender
• Melalleuca alternifolia - tea tree
• Oenothera biennis (oil) - Middle evening primrose oil
• Plantago lanceolota - Narrow plantain
• Ribes nigrem (oil) - Blackcurrant oil
• Symphytum officinale - Common comfrey
• Thymus vulgaris - Common Thyme
• Trifolium pratense - Red clover
• Viola tricolor - tricoloured pansy

Blood purifying via renal drainage and anti-inflammatory:

• Betula pendula/pubescens - Silver birch
• Elymus repens - Couch grass
• Filipendula ulmaria - Swampirea
• Galium aparine - cleavers
• Hieracium pilosella - Mouse-ear
• Iris versicolor - American blue iris
• Juniperus communis - Juniper
• Ononis spinosa - Cat's thorn
• Orthosiphon aristatus - Cat's moustache
• Petroselinum crispum - Parsley
• Ribes nigrem - Black currant
• Scrophularia nodosa - Knotweed
• Solanum dulcamara - Bittersweet
• Solidago virgaurea - Common goldenrod
• Stellaria media - Bird's eye
• Yucca glauca - Palm lily
• Zea mays - Maize

Bowel cleansing:

• Aloe vera/ferox (juice) - Normal or wild Aloe vera (juice)
• Avena sativa - Oats (bran)
• Carica papaya - Papaya
• Cassia senna/augustifolia - Alexandrian senna
• Frangula alnus - Spruce Beechwood
• Fraxinus ornus - Pluimes
• Fucus vesiculosus - Calyx or bladder wrack
• Linum usitatissimum - Linseed
• Plantago afra - Fleawort
• Plantago ovata - Psyllium seed
• Rhammus catharcticus - Buckthorn
• Raphanus sativus niger - Black radish
• Rheum palmatum - ornamental rhubarb or Russian rhubarb
• Tamarindus indica - Tamarind
• Triticum sativum grass - Common wheatgrass
• Uncaria tomentosa - Cat's claw or Cat's claw

Liver detoxification:

• Allium Sativum - Garlic
• Bupleurum falcatum - Crescent golden shield
• Curcuma xanthorrhiza - Javanese turmeric root
• Cynara scolymus - Artichoke
• Picrorhiza kurroa
• Raphanus sativus niger - Black radish
• Rosmarinus officinalis - Rosemary
• Silybum marianum - Milk thistle
• Taraxacum officinale - Dandelion

Anti-inflammatory:

• Garcinia mangostana - Mangosteen or mangistan
• Gingko biloba - Japanese walnut tree
• Punica granatum (total juice) - Pomegranate
• Ribes nigrem - Black currant

Reducing stress:

• Echscholzia californica - Sleeping Beauty
• Melissa officinalis - Lemon balm
• Passiflora incarnata - Passion flower
• Tila cordata - Winter lime
• Valeriana officinales - Valerian root

In this overview, the Latin names are first - Then the Dutch names