Margaret (Bellevue, WA) on 03/15/2019
I too finally realized what the itchy patch on my stomach was and started getting one on my back. Someone on you tube used L-lysine, it works!!!
1000 mg x2 day with my usual D and C - rash was angry and large and 4 days later faded and I can see it will heal. I wish I had known about this when I had the shingles years ago.
Haro (Texas) on 11/09/2020
Upon searching for vitiligo remedies for my son (who had psoriasis as a child), I found Art Solbrig's Psoriasis and Eczema remedy on EarthClinic using xylitol, pine bark, green tea extract, and indigo ointment.
https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/art-solbrig-psoriasis-protocol.html
We had most of those ingredients handy already, and thought it was a cheap and harmless experiment to try. I always take the natural remedies I give my children, so I can feel any possible side effects they may experience as well. Right or wrong, that's instinctually what I feel called to do.
Well, the vitiligo hasn't changed for my son, but the pityriasis on my knees disappeared completely, an unexpected benefit! In fact, I was expecting it to start getting worse since fall is here and my legs are getting less sunshine. As a side note, I also noticed my knees popping more when working out, along with bearable hip pain that comes and goes "randomly." I wish I remembered which hip had the herald patch 14 years ago, but alas, I do not. At any rate, I'm delighted to have the red spots gone and will continue taking the xylitol, pine bark, and green tea extract. The indigo was a little tricky to find, since Art's link takes you to an out of stock item, but I found it on Amazon after a little more digging. We use the ointment made from the indigo on our skin, but I believe it's the internal ingredients that are working for me so very well.
I use one tablespoon of xylitol with about 1/16 tsp of pine bark powder (that's what I already had in the cabinet when I read Art's recommendations), and one dropper of green tea extract that I get at the grocery store (HEB in Texas) in a glass of water and us a frother to stir it all up. I'm a busy mother of teenagers, so I down the glass before my busy day starts instead of sipping on it, but sipping is probably better, especially because xylitol can cause some interesting intestinal situations, initially--start small:) The only ingredient I carefully pay attention to is the green tea extract. My heart is pretty sensitive to caffeine and green tea, historically, has given me a little trouble. Like I said, I just maintain close awareness to the green tea dosage and how I'm feeling. All is well.
Blessings...
Debbie (London) on 02/21/2018
A week on, I realised I'd misdiagnosed it and I had in fact got pityriasis rosea, reading symptoms and looking at photos I realised it was that. I read all the advice on Earth Clinic, but not having any of the things recommended to hand, I decided to mix activated charcoal with some powdered tumeric and make a wet poltice which I put inbetween a muslin cloth and lay it across my chest and wore with an old T shirt. I went to bed with it on and amazingly, I had no itching at night and the next morning, on taking it off, the area looked so much better, less red and inflamed and no itching!
I then covered the area in zinc oxide cream (nappy rash cream) which I had read someone had used. It itched a little just after putting it on but I've now just realised I've had my first itch free day! I'm going to continue using these two things and I'm really hopeful it will get rid of it very soon. I thought I'd share this as both of these things are good at promoting healing.
Naz (Karachi, Pakistan) on 12/05/2013
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