Greetings, mates!

I have had psoriasis since age 6-used a variety of treatments-cortisone, Hobson's DermaZema-a mix of pine tar and zinc oxide-worked but STUNK and stained things badly! It's no longer manufactured....last April my brother took me to a homeopathic chiropractor who practices Traditional Chinese Medicine and is also a Reiki master. He tested me and said my liver was dystunctional due to many years of using petrochemicals from creams, lotions and all the drugs I'd taken over the years. As a result of being clogged up, the job of excretion had shifted from my liver to my skin and the psoriasis was the result He put me on a diet with no red meat, no shellfish, little rice and soy abd supplements.

It's better; not gone but better. At times my ankle swells, the rash iteches and burns and then it's better. I believe it's genetic; Dad had it so bad he was fired from a job because it covered the top of his hands and he had a large bandaid on them.

Prior to starting my treatment with Dr. Rob, I'd been using coal tar without any visible results. My insurance didn't cover it and THE DARN STUFF COST ME $14.95 USD! Not happy with that.

Any thoughts on other holistic treatments?

Sorry, but I don't hold any stock in non-medical diagnoses.

I have had too many "holistic" practitioners attempt to prey on me and friends of mine for conditions they claim to be able to cure (strangely though they have never wanted their "treatments" to be subject to actual scientific testing). How he can say that your psoriasis is a result of using the treatments for it is beyond me... I'm sure you hadn't used these treatments prior to it appearing. Diet, primarily dairy, alcohol and citrus fruit can exacerbate psoriasis but I have never heard of red meat and seafood being triggers.

I do use naturally derived creams (ie. not derived from petrochemicals or chemically synthesised) as moisturisers and for bathing as I have a lot of skin sensitivities but that's as far as it goes.

Your psoriasis has absolutely nothing to do with the function/non-function of any of your internal organs, it is a manifestation of a genetic, autoimmune condition in which your immune system (specifically T-helper cells) do not recognise your cells as belonging to you and enroll other inflammatory immune components into the area which causes the redness, flakiness and scaling observed in psoriasis plaques.

A simple liver function test carried out by your doc will confirm or refute his claims. There is no cure yet for psoriasis... We just have to treat it with the medications we have available to us until such a time that a gene therapy or cure is discovered.

(Wed-24-10-2012, 16:41 PM)Krissie_Wright Wrote: I have never heard of red meat and seafood being triggers.

@Krissie I have found a few reports over the years that have pointed to the following possible triggers.

Saturated Fats: Beef, Pork, Veal, Sausage, Salami, Burgers, Margarine, Etc.
Nightshades: Tomatoes, Tobacco, Peppers, Potatoes, Chilli, Etc.
Shellfish: Lobster,Shrimp, Prawn, Crab, Etc.
And: Coffee, Gluten, Yeast, Fried Food, Pizza, Vinegar, Pickles, Spices, Strawberries, Peanut Butter, And Alcohol.

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(Thu-18-10-2012, 18:22 PM)survivor53 Wrote: Traditional Chinese Medicine and is also a Reiki master. He tested me and said my liver was dysfunctional due to many years of using petrochemicals from creams, lotions and all the drugs I'd taken over the years.

@Survivor53 can I ask how this master actually tested you to get to this conclusion. Did he perform a blood test ? as usually that is the first way of finding a liver problem.

(Wed-24-10-2012, 16:41 PM)Krissie_Wright Wrote: Your psoriasis has absolutely nothing to do with the function/non-function of any of your internal organs, it is a manifestation of a genetic, autoimmune condition in which your immune system (specifically T-helper cells) do not recognise your cells as belonging to you and enroll other inflammatory immune components into the area which causes the redness, flakiness and scaling observed in psoriasis plaques.

I partly agree with you Krissie. Certainly it has to do with the immune system. But also with the energy cycle in your cells. The immune system and the energy cycle may very well have to do with each other (I am not a doctor, but on the other side not stupid either )
The "standard" approach of medical science, and big-pharma, is fully aimed at the immune system, and the ways to deal with this. They are almost blind for other approaches.
Thinking out of the box is not done. And I think that is a pity.