Can psoriasis be cured?

No system of medicine cures psoriasis. What is realistic is longer remissions, milder flares and less reliance on steroids. We would rather tell you that at the start than have you find it out three months in.

Should I stop my steroid cream?

Not abruptly — that reliably triggers a rebound flare. Any reduction is tapered, and planned with the doctor who prescribed it.

How strict is the diet?

Strict, and it is the part that decides the outcome. In Kushta the classical texts are unambiguous that diet is treatment rather than support, and a course without it does not hold.

Ayurvedic treatment for psoriasis, eczema and chronic skin problems in Chennai

Skin that flares, settles and flares again on a cycle you have learned to read.

What it looks like: Patches that are red, scaling or thickened; Itching, worst at night; A clear pattern of flare and remission; Worsening with stress, heat or particular seasons; Skin that has thinned where steroid cream has been used long-term.

Chronic skin disease is grouped in the classical texts under Kushta, and read as all three doshas disturbed together with the blood tissue involved — never as a surface problem. That is the practical difference from a topical approach: treatment is directed at the blood and the digestion, and the skin is where the result shows.

Takra Dhara and Dhanyamla Dhara pour medicated buttermilk or fermented liquid over the body — cooling therapies suited to an inflamed presentation where oil would aggravate. Udwarthanam and Upanaha Lepam are used where the skin is thickened. Internal treatment and diet are the larger half of the work here, and for entrenched cases the doctor may plan a classical purification. Progress is slow, deliberately.

Typical course: Months rather than weeks, reviewed at each stage.

When to see a doctor first, not us: Rapidly spreading rash with fever, blistering, skin peeling in sheets, or any rash with breathing difficulty or facial swelling — emergency care immediately.

Assessed at Sri Vinayaga Ayurvibe, a government-certified Ayurveda hospital at Nookampalayam, Perumbakkam, Chennai 600131 — reachable from Sholinganallur, Medavakkam, OMR, Velachery, Pallikaranai and Tambaram. Open every day, 10 AM to 8 PM.

Common questions

Can psoriasis be cured?: No system of medicine cures psoriasis. What is realistic is longer remissions, milder flares and less reliance on steroids. We would rather tell you that at the start than have you find it out three months in.
Should I stop my steroid cream?: Not abruptly — that reliably triggers a rebound flare. Any reduction is tapered, and planned with the doctor who prescribed it.
How strict is the diet?: Strict, and it is the part that decides the outcome. In Kushta the classical texts are unambiguous that diet is treatment rather than support, and a course without it does not hold.

Sri Vinayaga Ayurvibe — 12/597, Main Road, Nethaji Nagar Main Rd, Nookampalayam, Perumbakkam, Chennai 600131. Phone: +91 81229 39197.