Shijing said:
FWIW, I seem to have two kinds of psoriasis -- the first kind was dry and patchy, would crack open, and appeared only on my hands. Changing my diet seems to have been the only thing necessary to treat this. The other kind (which appears on the back of my head too, as well as other areas) tends to be weepy, with fluid that ends up crusting over into scaly patches (sorry everyone for the gross-out, but that's what it is!). This is the kind I'm trying to treat with the current recommendations (including coconut oil now!).
Interesting that you mention this. I had somewhat similar symptoms to you about this time last year, which spurred me to shift towards an anti-candida diet with distilled water, good fats, no dairy, gluten, soy and the whole box and dice. The first stage of my skin problems was itchy underarms that, once scratched, led to the weepy fluid you described. This lasted for a month or so and was likely exacerbated by prescribed antibiotics (big mistake). The second stage involved red skin under my eyes (which I initially mistook for sunburn, having fallen asleep on a plane trip next to the window lol!), which lasted two weeks before fading. By the time the third stage came around, it was dry skin over parts of my face and body. A few weeks later, I was on a role with fighting candida (or whatever it was) and six weeks later it was about 99% gone. Only my dry scalp remained, which I've had since I was a child (likely due to a childhood diet of dairy and gluten). No amount of fish oil or good diet has fixed this.
In the last few weeks, I've experienced a repeat of the above stages, despite no deviations from my diet, although something small may have slipped through without my knowledge. A month ago I did test myself with a gluten free pasta and cream based sauce and my stomach was complaining afterwards. The last time I had a cream-based sauce was over a year ago and I never had a reaction like that. The sensitivity is definitely back - and that's a darn good thing, actually.
Anyway, despite my relapse of skin issues, instead of lasting months they lasted a few days and was about 10% of the severity of last year, which is interesting. I've read elsewhere in detox books and on the forum that heavy metals need to removed or else candida can return quite easily. So it seems to me that it's
very important to really go after the heavy metals in order to finally address any persistent symptoms of remaining toxicity. Now, I should mention that I have never used colonics (except the oral, herbal variety) or any sort of enema, so I completely understand your reluctance. But the more I read through this thread, the more I'm thinking if we really want to beat this thing completely and not have it continually coming back to bite us, we need to get serious.
After reading the threads that Data mentioned, should we seek out a health clinic to undergo colonics and enemas?
