New research data on bitter apricot essential oil (BAEO) suggests that it is a naturally occurring substance that promotes the healthy life cycle of cells leading the cell death by functioning as a potent pro-apoptotic…

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has long viewed psoriasis as a disease of the blood where blood heat, dampness heat, blood dryness and blood stasis played important roles. In the ancient books of TCM for the…

When we consider the adverse side effects of conventional modern topical psoriasis treatments that still are not able to cure psoriasis, it is encouraging to look at the natural alternative treatments that have shown themselves to…

Nail psoriasis is difficult to have and to treat and often gets overlooked in medical research. Psoriatic fingernails are both highly visible and because of their weakness, are also vulnerable. I have a special place…

Curcumin paste is the golden era of psoriasis gels and puts coal tar in the dark ages. As psoriatics we could use the occasional glimmer of hope and I am delighted to share a review…

Psoriasis on the skin can be painful, and from my own personal experience, a combination of cold, dry, windy weather causes a constant stinging pain deep within the layers of my skin.  By the time…

Human skin’s most important function is as a defence organ to prevent outside compounds from entering into our body, however it cannot prevent smaller molecules from penetrating. Our skin is absorbent Humans have an outer…