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Fri-22-11-2013, 01:19 AM
I'm pretty sure psoriasis is caused by a fungus. I notice that my skin gets worse during the winter. I believe it gets worse in the winter because I take longer hotter showers in the winter.
When I applied baking soda (which is an antifungal) to my psoriasis affected skin, I noticed that the skin would get sweaty. Could this be due to a fungus trying to fight the baking soda treatment, by creating a moist environment which they like?
I think you might also be able to make the argument that it is indeed a fungus, by
looking at the known treatments that are proven to work, and whether those treatments treat fungus' too. If not, then I am wrong.
If psoriasis is indeed caused by a fungus, then any anti-fungal should be effective against it.
Tea tree oil is a good antifungal. It's not that expensive. It smells ok. It's non irritating (I apply it undiluted to my skin).
Wikipedia says that a 10% tea tree oil cream is as effective as well as Tinactin (which is an antifungal) in treating athlete's foot: "a 10% tea tree oil cream works about as well as tolnaftate 1% cream" in treating symptoms of athlete's foot, although being less effective than clotrimazole or terbinafine."
If 10 percent is effective as an over-the-counter antifungul, then I would just use 100% tea tree oil, and apply it undiluted (I have done this many times without problems)
I think camphor oil is also an antifungal, but it does smell kind of bad and it's used in tiger balm for it's iceyhot properties. And there are other essential oils which are antifungals. But I would stick with tea tree oil...
I would get a 1oz NOW Foods Tea Tree Oil bottle from amazon. It's a good value, and the 1oz bottle has a built in dropper in the cap so you don't have to mess with a glass dropper. If you're going to buy more tea tree oil, I would either buy the NOW brand or from bulkapothecary.com which is cheap and good (but no built in droppers in the cap)
Stay away from people who say the essential oils can cure depression and stuff like that. If they say it cures everything... it doesn't
When I applied baking soda (which is an antifungal) to my psoriasis affected skin, I noticed that the skin would get sweaty. Could this be due to a fungus trying to fight the baking soda treatment, by creating a moist environment which they like?
I think you might also be able to make the argument that it is indeed a fungus, by
looking at the known treatments that are proven to work, and whether those treatments treat fungus' too. If not, then I am wrong.
If psoriasis is indeed caused by a fungus, then any anti-fungal should be effective against it.
Tea tree oil is a good antifungal. It's not that expensive. It smells ok. It's non irritating (I apply it undiluted to my skin).
Wikipedia says that a 10% tea tree oil cream is as effective as well as Tinactin (which is an antifungal) in treating athlete's foot: "a 10% tea tree oil cream works about as well as tolnaftate 1% cream" in treating symptoms of athlete's foot, although being less effective than clotrimazole or terbinafine."
If 10 percent is effective as an over-the-counter antifungul, then I would just use 100% tea tree oil, and apply it undiluted (I have done this many times without problems)
I think camphor oil is also an antifungal, but it does smell kind of bad and it's used in tiger balm for it's iceyhot properties. And there are other essential oils which are antifungals. But I would stick with tea tree oil...
I would get a 1oz NOW Foods Tea Tree Oil bottle from amazon. It's a good value, and the 1oz bottle has a built in dropper in the cap so you don't have to mess with a glass dropper. If you're going to buy more tea tree oil, I would either buy the NOW brand or from bulkapothecary.com which is cheap and good (but no built in droppers in the cap)
Stay away from people who say the essential oils can cure depression and stuff like that. If they say it cures everything... it doesn't
