How to Avoid Steroids When Treating Psoriasis

Steroid creams are commonly prescribed as a treatment for psoriasis, but they can lead to many unpleasant side effects, such as changes in skin pigmentation, thinning of the skin and easy bruising. Steroids are also easily absorbed through the skin and can affect internal organs. Treating psoriasis without the use of steroids requires the use of many natural remedies and lifestyle changes. These changes require dedication, but many have been able to use them to find relief from their symptoms without the use of dangerous drugs.

Things You'll Need

• Aloe vera gel
• Jojoba oil
• Dead Sea salts or Dead Sea salt cream
• Milk thistle
• Red clover
• Sarsaparilla
• Herbal teas

Instructions

1. Try over-the-counter treatments such as aloe vera, menthol-based ointments or natural jojoba oil. Salicylic acid can also help soften and lift scaling skin, but may cause irritation and should be used lightly.

2. Alter your diet. Eliminate or reduce your intake of sugar, red meat, alcohol, dairy, processed foods, and nightshade foods such as tomatoes, potatoes, and sweet peppers.

3. Increase your intake of other fruits and vegetables, especially apples.

4. Add beneficial supplements to your diet such as flaxseed oil, wheatgrass, seaweed, and marine phytoplankton.

5. Engage in regular fasts, colonics and enemas to flush toxins from your body.

6. Use Dead Sea bath salts or a Dead Sea salt cream for its therapeutic soothing benefits.

7. Take herbal supplements such as milk thistle, red clover, and sarsaparilla, and drink herbal teas such as Slippery Elm bark tea.

References

• Miracle Mile Medical Center: Minimizing Flare-ups

Resources

• Natural Psoriasis Treatment
• Dead Sea Salt Psoriasis Cream
• Organic jojoba oil