Archive for the ‘Alternative/buyer beware/natural’ Category

Researchers in Taiwan have found that an ointment containing indigo naturalis, a traditional Chinese herbal remedy, outperformed a plain ointment in improving a spot, or plaque, of psoriasis. The test subjects applied the indigo ointment to a psoriasis plaque on one side of their body, and a plain ointment to a comparable plaque on the
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Temporary psoriasis relief from your kitchen? Scientists recently found that psoriasis sufferers may benefit from applications of a mixture of honey, beeswax and olive oil. In a study of people suffering from psoriasis and other inflammatory skin disorders, 60 percent showed significant improvement when treated with the honey-based mixture. Sounds messy, but our skin will
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As if coal tar regimens and shampoos were not enough, those interested in exotic travel have a new treatment option: crude oil baths in Azerbaijan. As the New York Times reports: Outside this improbable spa in a remote part of the former Soviet Union, oil rigs bob on a hardscrabble plain of rocks, shrubs and
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