Home remedies to ecounter vitiltio white patches.

Various methods and remedies are used by the people affected by vitiligo, which range from simple dietary modifications, use of vitamins to ingestion of psoralens. The benefits are as variable as the nature of remedies. The most effective of all among such home remedies is of coursE the use of psoralens. You can change your dietry habbits, and take minarls and vitamins in form of diet an suplements.

Vitamins

Vitiligo has been found to be associated with pernicious anemia, an autoimmune disease in which vitmain B 12 can not be asorbed resukting in severe deficiency of red pigmnt (hemoglobin) in the blood. Similarly Vitamin A is important foe the integrety of the skin, whilw vitamin C and E improve the immune function of the body. All these vitamins can be taken to improve the denses of the body in general.

Minerals

Zinc is an essential component of many enzyme systems in the body, and its deficiency can lead to malfunctioning of the immune system. Copper is required by the pigment forming cells in the skin to make the brown-black pigment called melanin.It is also required by many parts and cells of the body that take part in the immune function.

The Diet in general

A healthy and well balanced diet shall not only improve the function of all body systems including the immunity and pigment production, there shall be very little need for additional suppliment of vitamins and minerals. A groupe of chemicals called phytochemicals have been proven to augment the cpability of recovery and the potential for staying healthy. The following foods contain a variety of natural ingredients that shall help you fight your vitiligo

Oral Psoralen Therapy

It is used for the treatment of vitiligo both by professional healers as well as by the afected people themselves, in the form of varios home remedies. Ingestion of the plant Psoralea corylifolia is the most common home remedy. In this regard. A common recipe is to soak the parts of plant over night in palin water, which is ingested after sraining through a nuscline cloth.A common example is soaking the planet parts in water over night and drinking the water in the morning.

The remedy is fairly effective when combined with sun exposure, but very few people will continue to use it because of the following reasons.

1.Extremely unpleasant taste

2.Large quantities are usually required for oral intake which is very cumbersome.

3.Intolerance and side effects in form of nausea and allergic symptoms

4.Unwanted over pigmentation of the whole body.

5.The pigmentation is usually temporary which is lost gradually on cessation of treatment.

Topical psoralen therapy:

Application of the medicine on target skin area is a refined and convenient alternative to oral ingestion. It can sensitize the skin even locally, which would subsequently gain color on sun exposure.

Various methods of local applications are recommended by different authorities e.g. extracts, oils and concoctions. In which the substance is used alone or in complex recipes along with other herbal materials.

Anti-Vitiligo which is a topical psoralean remedy for contains psoralean corylifolia in the strength of 8% W/W. This combination has yielded almost permanent re-pigmentation compared with the temporary effect of oral psoralin threpy.