Natural ingredients creams & moisturizers to manage Psoriasis

[Quest4Cure]

I've read about a new skin conditioner for P. from a Norway Pharmacuidiucal company. It was designed for excema and psoriasis to help moisturize & many other issues p. suffers have. It claims to be successful in their studies in Norway,France.& England. It's called Ganodex. Has anyone heard of it or used it? It also claims the following.

Immune-modifying ingredient which can reduce scaling, itch and irritated skin. What's that? Some antiinflammatory?
100% natural ingredients with no detected side effects. No detected side effects? YIKES ! No allergies from the ingredients in other words. No cortisone and parabenes, which can cause thin, damaged and irritated skin.
Quickly absorbed. No fatty, greasy skin after application. It claims to contains triple helix beta glucons? What's that ?

I have had this disease all my life. Scars from head to toe. Tried many creams and moisturizers that have really helped not greasy no cortisone or steroids, waxes, or Laural sulfates etc. in conjunction with prescription meds. I have three great moisturizers that will help keep my skin from drying and flaking. Which in my case is a precursor to a p. outbreak in most cases. It's another way to manage the disease. There is really only managing this disease and knowing your triggers.  Keeping the skin from drying out is a big trigger for me.

The main ingredients in Ganodex are Coconut fat, paraffin, stearic acid, honey, glycerol, cetyl alcohol, beta glucan, sorbate, benzoate. Nothing new there! I use lavender parifin wax & glycerin in my hand & foot spa then wrap in Baggies /occlusion treatment/ and put socks on over nite. Especially in winter. This is maintance , management not to let the skin dry out and keep the cracks moisturized. This is a huge trigger for P. for me Dryness.

Heck I'll just thro it all in the blender add bees wax or paraffin wax.. Walla !   Home made hand cream for P. Or grab a few herbs from the garden and my fav kudzu tea! LOL
Or just use coconut oil and glycerin. After all glycerin is in the DERM layers of skin.
It's not in the US yet. THATS why I asked if some of you across the seas have heard of it or tried it?

Coal tar has been another biggie for my P. It's OTC and cheap. Another hand made help to stop the itching is i mix NON-ALCOHOL-Witch Hazel ( a natural anti inflamatory ) with Glycerine,50/50 % in a small spray bottle. Cuts down the built up plaque and stop the itching. Also sunburn spray stops the burn and the itch!

Quest4Cure

[Bill]

Hi QFC,

Would that be ganoderma the mushroom genus? I have heard of it but did not try it. I used a topical mix based on Stockholm tar(~50 grams) and salicilic acid(3 grams) with camphor(7 grams) and eucalyptus or tea tree oil(~30 mls) in a petroleum jelly(200 grams) base. I haven't made a batch since I started on the DMF. I still have a couple of litres of Stockholm tar which I bought from a horse supply store. I also used it to make a tar shampoo: The shampoo became very runny when the tar was added, but it mixed quite well.

Cheers,

Bill

[Gilly]

Hi Bill
I would be very interested in the shampoo you have made up, your little list there, would that just be mix all together and jar it? What would be the shelf life of it? Any info would be much appreciated. (fellow Qld'er)

[Bill]

Hi Gilly,

The shampoo you can make by adding Stockholm tar to any shampoo. I would use about 5 grams per 100 mls. A batch of cream I would use in about three weeks when my psoriasis was really bad. I would make the cream by dissolving the camphor in the eucalyptus oil, adding crushed aspirin, then mixing in the petroleum jelly and adding the Stockholm tar. I'd reckon taht it would last pretty well given the ingredients are mostly antiseptics and preservatives.

The best thing I did for my psoriasis was to use a systemic therapy. Topicals at best made me more comfortable. They did not treat the disease.

Cheers,

Bill

[Grizzly Bear]

Stockholm tar, i read this one up as i have never heard of it.

It says that it is used on horses hooves

I might try some on my paw pads

Need to look this one up & give it a go too .

GB

[Bill]

Hi Grizzly,

My understanding is that Stockholm tar is pine tar.

Cheers,

Bill

[Fred]

Hi Grizzly,

My understanding is that Stockholm tar is pine tar.

Cheers,

Bill

Yep

Quote:

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Pine tar has long been used in Scandinavian nations as a preservative for wood which may be exposed to harsh conditions, including outdoor furniture and ship decking and rigging. The high-grade pine tar used in this application is often called Stockholm Tar since, for many years, a single company held a royal monopoly on its export out of Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia

[Grizzly Bear]

Thank you Bill & Fred.

I read that the lunatics in brussels are trying to ban an ingredient in coal tar.

No wonder we can't get polytar anymore.

T-gel for is crap for me.

I might make my own version of polytar shampoo with this Helsinki Oslo Stockholm tar.

[Grizzly Bear]

I have been looking for this Stockyholm tar but all i keep finding is the stuff for animals.

Help me out with a brand please lol

[jiml]

I have been looking for this Stockyholm tar but all i keep finding is the stuff for animals.

Help me out with a brand please lol

It is the animal stuff you need there have been posts on here advising to go to what ever they call a horsey shop