Boswellia

[IowaDavid]

Can someone please sum up what this supplement is supposed to do for rosacea? Are there any studies backing up its efficacy? Which subtypes is it supposed to be used for?
Thanks.

David

[RedHotCanuck]

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/rosacea-support/message/67093

Some good reading.

[irishgenes]

This section has been dead lately--no posts for 4 days. Where is everybody? I am resurrecting this June thread because I am just now looking into boswellia. I am already taking grape seed extract, pycnogenol, evening primrose oil, Glisodin, etc. I really don't see any difference, but I keep taking them because they might be doing my veins some good--inside, where I can't see it.

The above link posted by RedHotCanuck sounds like boswellia is very promising. Also this link here for the scientifically minded: http://rosacea.iinet.net.au/news/2005/09/boswellia-and-endothelial-inflammation.html The sentence that got my attention was: "Realtime PCR studies showed that while TNF alpha potently induced VCAM-1 gene expression, BE completely prevented it."

Now, do I really understand what he's talking about? NO! But I just see the "BE (boswellia extract) completely prevented it " and say, "I've got to get me some of that!"

[FUredness]

Hey I tried Boswellia for about a month once. It seemed to help a little, but not enough. Maybe it would have worked better if I gave it longer. You could try it and see if it works for you.

[irishgenes]

How disappointing! It seems like every one of these OTC supplements sounds so good on paper, but once you try them, you see little or no difference in your skin. Well, I will buy some, anyway.

[Winnie M]

I tried Boswellia before. It worked well for my seb derm but
it caused some red bumps on my chin, probably it was an
allergic reaction, then I had to stop it.

Best wishes, Winnie


How disappointing! It seems like every one of these OTC supplements sounds so good on paper, but once you try them, you see little or no difference in your skin. Well, I will buy some, anyway.

[KHM]

Actually it has worked very well for me - is regular part of my regime now

[irishgenes]

Actually it has worked very well for me - is regular part of my regime now Success at last! What is your dose and what symptoms does it work for in you?

[KHM]

I use Natures Way standardided to 65% Boswellic Acids (right now anyway).

Divided doses - 1 am, 1 pm. It has to be separated from calcium, so needs to be taken before my morning vitaimines.

It helps with the "dermatitis" rashy stuff. I don't see it helping with my flushing.

BTW - I have P&P form, dry skin, and Ivermectin is like a wonder drug for me. Other things I take/use that help are Protopic, Alpha Lipoic Acid (I think this does help with the flushing, which keeps the P&Ps down as well). I also use Singluair and it definately helps as well.

What gets me nervous is that almost everything that works for me IALA and Ivermecitn excepted) is an immune system modifier.

A slightly "over busy" immune system does run in my family - we have Lupus, Addisons, and Fibromylangia in the family. And my allergic reactions are through the roof (most allergic people have reactions in the 1-4 scale range. Many of mine are 10+).

So that may be a hint as to the type of people/skin this will work for.

KHM

[irishgenes]

I have the p&p, but also all the other sub-types as well! Do you take oral ivermectin or use it as a topical? Do you just use it once in a while or all the time? Dose? I'm willing to try just about anything.
What's the mg. on your boswellia?

[KHM]

Boswellia is at 307 MG, 65 % standard acid

I have used the Ivermectin a couple times now - great result on the P&P and broken skin - you can actually see the sores have flattened out the next day.

I asked my Derm for a trial last December and he obliged. He did not like to continue the prescription so he asked me to try the cream for scabies (preimethane?). I did, can't tolerate it.

So he gave me a second trial a couple weeks ago, same great results. I go in to show him on Tuesday. He is about convinced to write me a regular prescription. I seem to need a "booster" more than every 6 months - maybe every 2 or 3?

I still have Rosacea, but darn it I don't have acne and broken skin from my mouth to my ear!!

( I do flush too, but not as much as some. I also HAD neuropathic burning, but IPL mostly resolved that. Still must watch cosmetic intolerance.)

[irishgenes]

I've heard the term "neuropathic burning" and wonder exactly what that feels like. Where is the pain? How strong? Sharp? Tingly? Does it feel linear, like along a nerve? I have a sunburn-like mild pain when I flush, but I don't think that is the same thing that you are talking about.
I think I will try to get a doctor to prescribe me one dose of ivermectin, just to see if it does anything.

[KHM]

on neuropathic burning I was in the earlier stages, and I think that is why IPL resolved it so easily.

It is hard to describe, but for example when the sun hit my face through the car windshield the whole area at the sides and base of my nose would burn - kind of like a really bad sunburn or when you spill the hot coffee on yourself.

When I was in extremely cold weather (likebelow 20 and wind) my entire face would burn and it HURTS.

And when I got v beam I delveloped it along the margins of the treatment area for about 6 months - bearable, but again like having a thin line of sunburn . . .

It was one of the reasons I got serious and started IPL - did not want to live with that!

Hope you never get to try it out! :o