Matt Ludwig

About Matt Ludwig

My name is Matt Ludwig. I have been dealing with Psoriasis for ten years. For about the last year, I started a journey of healing on my own accord and keeping my Psoriasis Diary. I started a regiment of adding items to my diet and changing my lifestyle to heal my Psoriasis. This blog is a journal of that path, a story of my healing. Like my facebook page to join my group of healing warriors!

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Here are my most recent posts

Matt’s Psoriasis Healing Breakdown – Diet, Probiotics, Supplement, Daily Routine

Healing Psoriasis Update and Daily Routine (click play below)

I keep making progress, slowly and surely! The breakouts over the late summer are clearing out now as my lower legs clear up. The body doing it’s work, my job is to fuel the body and endure the process!

Here are some helpful links I mention in the video:

Ultimate Psoriasis Diet Guide – https://phwarrior.com/foods

My free Psoriasis healing guide – https://phwarrior.com/guide

Zinc – https://phwarrior.com/zinc

Magnesium – https://phwarrior.com/mag

Castor Oil – https://phwarrior.com/castor

Atlantic Dulse – https://phwarrior.com/dulse

Celtic Sea Salt – https://phwarrior.com/salt

Psoriasis Pictures and Video September 1st 2018

Healing Psoriasis Video Update (click play below)

As I heal, the skin will break out again, in places it had cleared as the body goes deeper into the more difficult acute areas and detoxifies.

For me the three most difficult areas are:

My jaw, around the old root canal that was infected (you see this in my neck, ears, sides of face)
My left knee, deep bone infection where the ACL reconstruction surgery took place (you see this in both lower legs severe 100% covered)
My bowel, particularly the colon, where I am reversing Dysbiosis and restoring the balance of my resident gut bacteria (you see this in the breakout on my lower abdomen and sides.

Do you notice a trend here? Yes, pathogenic infection. I know, every Warrior is dealing with infections of some strain, type, aggression and evolution.

This will cause fear and frustration at times, as the mind spirals into “Oh no, it’s getting worse!!”

It’s not getting worse. This is how the body heals. The Healing Crisis of the natural healing journey is real and needs to be accepted and observed.

It’s two steps forward, one step back, three steps forward, two steps back but progress is steady and softly trending in the right direction.

Remember, I am dealing with extremely severe Erythrodermic Psoriasis, so the causes in my case are difficult to root out entirely. I have learned this well over the past six years.

I will keep on walking, and you do the same! Let me know any questions you have. I’m here for you.

WarriorMail – Some Beginner Tips for a Psoriasis Diet

Warrior Question – “Are these sources of protein good: Lentils, hemp seeds, flaxseeds, chia seeds?
Which one is better overall? Quinoa vs Brown rice for carbs. Are nuts okay? Almonds and the likes?”

My Advice:

Organic legumes are ok. Lentils, hummus, black beans in moderation are fine. They have MACs which feed your gut microbiota. Avoid the canned beans, cook them down to remove the lectins, then store in fridge and add to salads and meals.

Nuts and seeds are ok organic hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds are ideal.

Almonds, brazil nuts, coconut flakes, raisins, are good. Make your own trail mix with all of those, put on a pan with some raw wildflower honey glaze and bake for a while, then let air dry. It’s delicious snacking. Avoid peanuts.

As far as grains, Organic quinoa is best, brown rice and organic whole grains if you choose to eat grains. They should be a small portion of your plate. It is particularly important to go organic with grains, specifically wheat, as conventional can contain high amounts of glyphosate “Roundup” herbicide in and on plant foods.

Do not overeat any grains or meats.

Fill up on fruits and veggies throughout the day for your carbs. The more days you can go grain-free right now, the better. If you can have some meat-free days too, that is ideal for initial detoxification.

You will find your sweet spot dietary choices, based on your unique community of resident and transient gut bacteria as they come back to life. It’s not exactly one size fits all, but fruits and veggies do work for every human who wants to heal.

Remember, the name of the game here is to restore and diversify your gut bacteria and this takes years. The more probiotic bacteria you introduce and the more, diverse complex carbs (fibers) you feed them will speed up your progress.

1. Consistent pure water with lemon or lime squeezed in
2. Celery juicing
3. Liquid plant and soil probiotics – https://phwarrior.com/probiotics
4. Fruits grazing (organic when you eat the skin) follow my priority list – https://phwarrior.com/foods
5. Vegetables (leafy green salad with ACV and cold pressed olive oil, hummus before dinner) follow my priority list – https://phwarrior.com/foods
6. Organic Herbal spices on meals; turmeric (put this in your herbal teas or in coffees as well), italian seasonings, celtic sea salt (http://amzn.to/1ZgzvE0), Atlantic dulse flakes (http://amzn.to/2hVTwTQ)
7. Herbal teas (click here for my priority list)
8. Fermented foods – quality yogurt with no added sugars, Bragg ACV, Kombucha, cold-kept saurkraut, cabbages, pickles etc. Avoid citric acid (stuff in the dry aisles) as much as possible.
9. Goat kefir
10. Organic meats in moderation are fine, fishes, turkey, chicken. Try to avoid pork and a lot of eggs or red meat for a while to take pressure off liver and pancreas. If you can have a few meat free days per week for the first 6 months, this will help ramp up the liver cleansing process and help the pancreas heal.

Stick to that spreadsheet the best you can and you will make the best progress.

My 6-Step morning routine – https://www.psoriasisdiary.com/2018/05/22/morning-heal-psoriasis/

Other supplements:
1. Zinc (put some drops in your water bottle) – https://amzn.to/2LPqFQU
2. Magnesium (take with meals) – https://amzn.to/2LZ6Kyh
3. Vit D3 (getting a couple minutes of sunlight everyday is ideal) – https://amzn.to/2KomGoE

Fruit, fruit, fruit, graze all day on frozen wild blueberries, dark grapes, blackberries, red apples, papaya, cantaloupe, watermelon. Eat Organic whenever possible. This will get the kidneys filtering, the liver cleansing and the pancreas easing. Eat fruits early in the day that help you digest other foods you eat later in the day.

The first metrics of progress are ALL internal. Digestive improvement, easy quick bowel movements on schedule, urine becoming more yellow and darker in color, no heartburn, diarrhea, or constipation. Focus on these symptoms going away for the first few months. The skin will show signs at 6-7 months.

Topical strategy:
1. Probiotics mist – https://phwarrior.com/mist
2. Probiotics shampoo / body wash – https://phwarrior.com/shampoo
3. Castor oil for psoriasis treatments – http://amzn.to/2tOmbfQ
Sensible sunlight on the skin, ideally in early mornings or later evenings.
4. Baths with borax powder, epsom salts, coconut oil
5. rub essential oils on bottom of big toes, thumbs, back of ear lobes and inner wrist – https://amzn.to/2AFbAfu
6. CBD lotion and salve – https://phwarrior.com/medicine#cbd

Daily breathing exercises – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbs49mL9I2s

Get after it Warrior, lmk any questions, I’m here for you.

Much Love, Mad Respect, More Healing. ~Matt fellow PHWarrior

Psoriasis Pictures June 29th 2018

As my tummy clears, it was pink all over, and on the sides and back, now my back is pretty much completely clear, my tummy has broken out a little more red, but I see real skin all over, We’ll see where the healing roller coaster goes next!

6-Step Daily Routine To Heal Psoriasis Naturally

6 steps in 60 minutes achieve 60% of my Natural Healing Practice

Hello PHWarrior! How are you? Are you working on your Natural Healing Practice (NHP) a little more each day? Building skills, resolve, conviction, and discipline, slowly but surely?

This is a journey. Getting Psoriasis out of our lives is a large leap into the Unknown. It has certainly been the most formidable challenge in my life, and I am better for it! I am walking this path hand-in-hand with you and thousands of other Warriors who are taking ACTION!

The skills and practice I have at my foundation now, all came from a choice I made to stick with this for better or worse. I remember thinking before my journey, “If I could just get my life back.” which has now transformed into:

“I have built a new life!“

I want to keep things simple, yet powerful for you. I know we are pressed for time, especially in the morning, so I compiled these six steps from my NHP to help you build your own and get the best outcome for the efforts you put in.

Your morning is the most important part of the day for your Natural Healing Practice (NHP). You build momentum and set your body up for optimal progress and results.

The body does a lot of hard work while you sleep, and there is a lot of waste to remove upon getting up. These steps will help the body eliminate that waste completely and prepare to continue the healing process while you carry out your day.

I strive to complete all 6 steps each morning. Some days I don’t get them all in. If I juice 5 out of 7 days each week, that is a victory in my book! We are not trying to be perfect, we are simply doing our best.

Here is a rundown of my morning routine. These 6 steps take about 60 minutes and accomplish 60% of my natural healing goal each day!

My 6-step morning magic formula that will heal Psoriasis fast & for Good:

1.) When I get up in the morning, I prepare one liter (quart) of pure water with one whole lemon or lime squeezed in. I then add a dropper of liquid zinc sulfate. I drink this down in about 10-15 minutes while I start washing and prepping the celery for step 2. You can start with a smaller amount of water and lemon and work your way up.

Lemon water is a cleansing flush for the Liver and Kidneys. The water pressure along with the vitamin C and trace minerals the lemon provides, flush out the liver and activate the kidneys for filtration.

“Water keeps the vehicle moving.”

2.) I rinse, juice and drink a full batch of celery. I wait about 15-20 minutes after I finish my lemon water. This is the time it takes me to make my juice. Celery juice is a tonic that heals and repairs the stomach. It needs to be juiced fresh and drunk on an empty stomach. You can add one apple or a handful of grapes to change the flavor if you need to, until your palette adjusts.

However you can bring celery juice into your life, BRING IT! If you simply cannot stand celery juice, then go with cucumber juice. If not cucumbers, juice greens of some kind! I have juiced since October 2012. I have juiced just celery since February 2016. So over a decade of juicing and my vitality, strength, energy and skin have improved beyond measure. I will be youthful for my entire life!

I clean the juicer as I’m drinking the juice and by the time I’m done drinking, the juicer is clean.

“I look at juicing as preparing my morning medicine.”

3.) I do 15 minutes of Yoga, Meditation and/or Qigong exercises. I focus on technique, deep breathing and affirmations. I will share the Yoga poses and stretches I do soon, stay tuned! For now follow the Qigong exercises in the video above!

This gives the body exercise, oxygen and pumps the lymphatic system to eliminate waste. During this time the stomach is also working on repairing itself using the celery juice tonic.

“The lymph system relies on our movement to pump out waste.”

4.) I fill up my stainless steel water container and add liquid herbs such as cat’s claw, nettle leaf or lemon balm along with liquid zinc sulfate to sip on all day.

5.) LUBRICATE BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE. Don’t get caught dry, scaly and bleeding. Stay in front of the plaques and scales with castor oil psoriasis treatments, lotion and mist. I dabble on castor oil where needed, then I apply organic lotion. I use an amazing Organic Aloe Baby Lotion from Puracy. I do suggest an organic aloe in any lotion you choose.

Do not use Vaseline or petroleum jelly based moisturizers like Sorion Cream.

6.) I make tea. I add raw honey or stevia, cinnamon, reishi and chaga mushroom powders. I’m really loving the Teecino teabags that have chicory root. I like to include herbal teas such as nettle leaf, lemon balm, rose hips, hibiscus, burdock root and dandelion root. I list the best herbal teas and tinctures in columns D and E of my healing spreadsheet, click here to view it | click here to download and print it

This completes my 6-Step Daily Psoriasis Healing Routine!

“WHAT THE HECK DO YOU EAT ALL DAY MATT?!?“ Haha, I know right? I don’t start eating solid foods until about 11am – 12pm. I then start grazing on whole fruits. I eat an organic red apple, then a banana as part of my breakfast.

I keep a good amount of prebiotic foods in the daily diet. I’ll make the heavy metal detox smoothie most days for lunch. I start bringing in fats and proteins after workday and workouts in the evening time. I have a nighttime eating window of anywhere from 4pm – 9pm. Then it’s no solid foods until 11am – 12pm the next day.

Castor Oil Application and Bath Treatment

This is my approach to a healing bath. You can do a bath in morning or at night, after you do the castor oil psoriasis treatment application. Use castor oil as your primary topical ointment. I apply a good amount to my lower legs, wrap in plastic wrap, overnight, or about 4-6 hrs.

I then get into a warm bath of borax powder, coconut oil, essential oil drops and Mrs. Meyers nontoxic liquid soap. Gently remove the softened dead skin from the plaques. I then take a warmish-cool shower. I use RenPure coconut water shampoo and Seaweed Bath Co.’s seaweed body wash.

Stay well lubricated and cool before you fly out the door. This can be done after the shower as well. f

“Healing Psoriasis from the inside-out and the outside-in.”

The psoriasis that threatened my life, is now leaving slowly and surely with hard work. I have healthy, olive, soft skin shining through all over! VICTORY!

“I have been on my journey for seven years and I am better for it.”

Lean on me, follow these steps and build your skills. You will make progress, I will be here for you every step of the way.

I hope this helps you as you build your NHP at home to get Psoriasis out of your life for good. Your morning is the most important part of your healing day. Even if you slip during the rest of your day, you are already victorious.

Much Love. Mad Respect. More Healing.

Matt
Fellow PHWarrior
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