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Home Remedies Index
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Natural Home Remedies for Leucoderma
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Home Remedies for Leucoderma
Leucoderma, also known as vitiligo, is a distressing skin
condition. The word literally means white skin. There is a
gradual loss of the pigment melanin from the skin layers
which results in white patches. These patches look ugly,
especially in persons with a dark complexion. The condition
does not cause any organic harm. This disease is caused
neither by any germs, nor is it due to bad blood. It is
considered to be neither infectious nor contagious.
The problem usually starts with a small white spot which
later
develops into patches. These patches are pale in the
beginning, but become whiter and whiter as tune passes
by due to loss of pigment As the spots enlarge, they
merge into each other and, in course of time, form a very
broad patch.
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In some cases, most of the skin of the body may be covered with white patches.
The main causes of leucoderma are said to be excessive mental worry, chronic or acute gastric disorders,
impaired hepatic function such as jaundice, worms or other parasites in the alimentary canal, typhoid, a defective
perspiratory mechanism, and bum injuries. Heredity is also a well-recognised causative factor.
Treatment with Bitter Psoralea:
The best-known home remedy for leucoderma is the use of seeds of psoralea (babchi). These seeds should be
steeped in die juice of ginger for three days. The fluid should be renewed every day. The seeds should then be
rubbed with the hands to remove die husks, dried in the shade and powdered. One gram of mis powder should
be taken every day with one cup of fresh milk for forty days continuously. The ground seeds should also be
applied to the white spots.
Babchi seeds, combined with tamarind (imli) seeds, are also useful. An equal quantity of both the seeds should
be steeped in water for three to four days. They should then be shelled and dried in the shade. They should be
ground into paste and applied to the white patches for a week. If the application of mis paste causes itching, or
the white spots become red and a fluid begins to ooze out, this treatment should be discontinued.
Treatment using Goose Foot:
The use of goose foot is beneficial in the treatment of this disease. This vegetable should be taken twice daily, in
the morning as well as in the evening, for two months continuously. Simultaneously, the juice of the leaves
should be applied over die patches of leucodenna.
Treatment with Turmeric:
Turmeric mixed with mustard oil has also proved useful in leucodenna. About 500 gm of turmeric should be
pounded and soaked in 8 litres of water at night It should be boiled in the morning all only one litre of water is
left, and then be strained and mixed with 500 ml of mustard oil. This mixture shuuld be heated nil only the oil is
left It should then be strained and preserved in a bottle. The mixture should be applied on the white patches
every morning and evening for a few months.
Treatment with Red Clay:
Another useful remedy for leucoderma is red clay found by the river side or on hill slopes. The clay should be
mixed in ginger juice in a ratio of 1:1, and applied over the white spots once a day. The copper contained in the
clay seems to bring back skin pigmentation. Ginger juice also serves as a mild stimulant, facilitating increased
blood flow to the spots. Drinking water kept overnight in a copper vessel will also help.
Treatment with Radish:
A paste made from the seeds of the radish is valuable in treating leucoderma. About thirty-live grams of these
seeds should be powdered in two teaspoons of vinegar and applied on the white patches.
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