How are Rosacea and Psoriasis Different?
Well, psoriasis can affect your entire body and result in red, scaly plaques on your skin, among other symptoms, and rosacea causes a flushing that is typically contained to your face, targeting your nose and cheeks. In severe cases, rosacea can cause acne and thickened skin.
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What is Hydrocotyle Asiatica?
By Dr. Peter Klapper Ph.D.When it comes to dermatological issues, when the root cause is an immune disorder such as psoriasis, opens in a new tab, eczema, opens in a new tab, and possibly rosacea, certain homeopathic, opens in a new tab medicinal plants can be of great benefit to provide an immune response to help return the skin back to its normal state. Our go to in this case is homeopathic Gotu Kola (Pennywort), it stands heads and shoulders above most others to help heal skin ailments. The scientific name of this herbal plant is Hydrocotyle Asiatica or Centella Asiatica. Recent published medical studies establish efficacy for this herb to treat dermatitis related conditions. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease caused mainly by immune imbalance. The anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of Pennywort have been demonstrated to have a positive healing effect in the treatment of AD. Collectively, the data demonstrates the pharmacological role of Pennywort is its anti-inflammatory action on the skin, which supports its action to be used as a therapeutic agent for AD. This includes eczemaGo to eczema control, opens in a new tab and psoriasisGo to psoriasis relief, opens in a new tab. According to the Journal of American Academic Dermatology, selected natural therapies have been reported to promote wound healing, reduce edema or purpura, and provide anti-inflammatory effects. Because of high rates of use of natural medicines amongst the global populations, more and more doctors and health practitioners are familiarizing themselves with their common uses, potential benefits, and complications.
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What is Rosehip Seed Oil?
The beauty of rosehip seed oil is its high levels of triple unsaturated fatty acids. This creates the ideal medium for healing damaged skin from atopic dermatitis (AD) including psoriasis and rosacea.
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What is Matricaria chamomilla?
There are four distinguishable chemotypes of German Chamomile. Of those, the a-bisoblol type performs the dynamic healing properties associated with true German Chamomile.
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The Signs and Symptoms of Psoriasis
Psoriasis is one of the most ancient of all human conditions. It is a chronic skin condition characterized by reddening and flaking skin. Those afflicted with psoriasis suffer from skin cells reproducing at an unusually fast pace.
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Allison D. Shares her Journey with Plaque Psoriasis
I have been dealing with plaque psoriasis for at least 10 years, long before my official diagnosis two years ago. I have it on my cheeks, my nose, part of my forehead, under my eyebrows, on 75% of my scalp, and when it gets really bad it makes its way to my knuckles on just my right hand. It’s terrible - the burning, itching, the redness - made worse by the fact that I can’t hide those spots where it shows up.
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Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist, Caylee Clay Shares her Journey with Psoriasis
Meet Caylee Clay, RDN CDN Living with psoriasis is a force to be reckoned with. It's hard to even know where my psoriasis story begins. Does it begin in February 2014, which was the last time I was free of plaque psoriasis? Or before February 2014, when my psoriasis would just come and go? Does the story begin with my parents and grandparents, who in hindsight I now recognize may have had undiagnosed psoriasis?
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