welcome i'm dr janine bowring naturopathic doctor and today i'm sharing nine natural treatments for
psoriasis so doing things naturally of course is what i'm all about as a naturopath and really
getting at the root cause as to why someone may have a chronic psoriasis or skin issues so these
tips will be useful for you and make sure you stay tuned right until the end because i'm going to
share one of the things that you probably haven't heard about treating psoriasis and this is on the
mind body connection relationship so tip number one is to get some natural sunlight exposure now
this is really important in terms of the healing rays of the sun not only the uva and the uvb but
also the infrared the far infrared so all of these different rays from the sun are very therapeutic
and can be really helpful at helping the psoriasis tip number two is to do a regular detoxification
protocol so especially for heavy metal toxins which are definitely related it's something i
talked about in another video that i posted up on psoriasis but really important to do that full
body detox at least three to four times a year to get those toxins out and those heavy metals things
like mercury and aluminum as well are really really important so some of my favorite herbs for
full body detox include milk thistle which is very regenerative but also detoxifying for the liver
and dandelion as well is very detoxifying for the liver but also for the kidneys when we use
the leaves of the dandelion parsley is great for a diuretic so a natural it's like a natural water
pill but also helps to detoxify the kidneys and burdock is another herbal medicine one
of my favorites helps to cleanse the blood which is important for any type of chronic skin issue
but also helps with lung detoxification and for the liver and the kidneys as well
tip number three is to ensure that you have enough of the anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids in
the diet so often you know our diets are lacking in especially that dha and as as humans we don't
produce dha on our own so it's really important that it's something that is supplemented from the
diet or sometimes even going to a supplement to ensure that we're getting enough of that dha which
is very anti-inflammatory you want to watch the seed oils and the polyunsaturated fatty acids if
you've heard me speak about these before the pufas they can be very pro-inflammatory the omega-6s as
well so we want to make sure that we're limiting those and increasing our omega-3s to decrease that
inflammatory response which of course we know is related to psoriasis tip number four is to use
olive oil so olive oil is very soothing again it's a healthy fat and you want it to be a cold
pressed organic olive oil my favorite variety is corona chi from greece and this is known to be
the highest in antioxidant status and you know is delicious so it has a bit of a peppery flavoring
so make sure you know it's sometimes not the easiest to find but you know
do your best to find that variety but really any olive oil a good quality olive oil will go
a long way at having that nice therapeutic and anti-inflammatory effect in your dietary you
know regime and hopefully that you're eating and taking in some olive oil every single day
tip number five is to do a topical treatment so this is something that i shared in my live episode
all about psoriasis and candida so we're going to take a look at that now and you can see how
you can mix this up at home yourself and it's very soothing for that psoriatic skin
the topical treatment so i'm going to mix something up for us right now
so this is something that you can use externally on your skin which is great so it has a couple of
essential oils so for those of you that are familiar with essential oils but this is a pure
fractionated liquid coconut oil so i like to use this in some of my topical beauty recipes is a a
fractionated coconut oil and because it's liquid so we know that coconut oil in its natural state
will solidify the colder the temperature here in canada ours is never liquid because it's always
cold at least in the winter time so that's why sometimes in my beauty recipes i'll use that one
so just a little bit of that coconut oil but you could use a regular coconut oil as well just be
mindful that you know it's going to solidify so you may have to warm it in your hands before you
apply it and then i'm going to use about five drops of tea tree oil so tea tree oil is very
healing and soothing to the skin so adding that in and it does have a particular scent
to it so you may not want to put this on before you are going to the mall or shopping or out to
on a on a date or as people are people doing that yet i think yeah people are things are opening up
here in ontario i'm very excited um but yeah it has a distinct aroma so you may want to do this
at bedtime and of course one of my favorites peppermint oil so five drops of peppermint oil
and the amount i know people are going to ask how much coconut oil did i use probably about
i'm going to say two tablespoons that's the amount that i have in here
and you just sort of swish that around and the the great thing about the combination so teach both
tea tree and peppermint oil so let's say i have psoriasis here on the outside of my elbow you
can just rub that right on and both tea tree and the and the peppermint oil have a bit of a
tangle sensation to them which for you know a lot of people with psoriasis this is very
soothing it doesn't last forever it usually kicks in about two minutes after it's been on the skin
but it's very soothing and just very satisfying and the coconut oil itself
is very soothing to the skin and healing it and that combination is the combination that i like
because the tea tree helps to kill off some of those you know bad organisms as well because again
finding that right balance on the skin microbiome is is important so yeah so try that out i want to
hear in the comments how that goes for you and how that's helping your survivors i've seen you know
so you can see how beautiful that blend was for psoriasis i want you to mix it up and let me know
in the comments how that worked for you it really is so soothing and has a bit of that tingle
from those essential oils which you'll absolutely love on your skin tip number
six for a natural treatment for psoriasis is to ensure that you're getting enough zinc so
zinc deficiency can be related to psoriasis and often people are lacking in zinc in their diet so
some of the top food sources of zinc include oysters so in the raw form which is going to
give you some of that dha and some of those other nutrients that you need as well which
is so healing to the skin other shellfish also contain zinc and beef so a beef chuck roast has
one of the highest amounts of zinc in terms of per portion and in terms of a non-vegetarian
vegetarian source now a vegetarian source for zinc would be pumpkin seeds so raw pumpkin
seeds will also give you some of that zinc tip number seven for treating psoriasis naturally
is probiotics so really important to take care of our microbiome so some of my favorite probiotic
foods include kimchi as well as yogurt but also sauerkraut is fantastic and sometimes you may
need to go to a probiotic supplement to ensure that you're getting enough of those active live
cultures so what you're looking for is making sure that it is the proper strains of something
that's designed for your human digestive tract when you're looking for a good quality probiotic
supplement i promise we'll put some links below in the description to help to guide you in the
right direction there tip number eight is to ensure that you have enough selenium
or some people say selenium and this is an important mineral that we need of course for
our gut so if you've heard me speak about leaky gut syndrome before if you missed that episode
check out my episode here on youtube on the leaky gut syndrome but really important that we are
sealing up those tight junctions in the gut and selenium helps to do that and this is really you
know great to know that you can find selenium in brazil nuts so by eating just two to three
brazil nuts every day will give you enough of that selenium also very supportive for your thyroid
gland which is important for your metabolism but also for your overall endocrine function
and tip number nine and this is what you've been waiting for so maybe something that you haven't
heard as it's a relationship to skin conditions especially when we talk about psoriasis so the
late louise hay was someone who talked a lot about the mind-body connections and how that was related
to disease and what she spoke about was the fear of being hurt was related to psoriasis so
thinking about you know your fears and maybe this could be one of those you know unbeknownst to you
causative factors of your chronic skin condition that it's really important that you address this
on the mental emotional level as well so another interesting fact is the work of dr hamer who is
unfortunately has passed but his work all dealt with shock trauma so emotional shocks that affect
the body in different ways and his whole take on psoriasis was a separation conflict so it
could have manifested itself when you know the person who developed psoriasis
at that initial insult of that shock was a separation either you know between the mother
it could have been separation from the father from a family member even moving home so a location a
friend or even a pet and a separation from a pet or a pet died could have been the reason why the
psoriasis developed in the first place so again having resolve and having good feelings about the
past and letting things go can go a long way at healing your psoriasis so i hope that shed some
light on the topic of psoriasis i hope that you learned something new i'd love to hear from you
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