Help find or identify this effective morroccan psoriasis remedy

April 10, 2006 6:40 PM

Can anyone help me identify these Moroccan products for psoriasis treatment? psoriasis sufferers, net detectives or Moroccans read in!

A friend of mine went to Marrakech in Morrocco a couple of months ago, and as a gift bought back with him a couple of products to help with my psoriasis, which he bought from a large chemists over there.

They have worked great, which has gone a long way with my confidence, however I'm starting to panic as I'm about to run out, and the problem is acquiring some more.

There were no directions or extra information with the stuff, and it comes in 2 parts:

The first is a brown soap which came in an unlabelled small white tub, has quite a thick consistency, and is a similar colour and smell to tar soap or shampoo. I've upped a pic here.

The second is a cream which comes in a green pot. The label on the pot says creme: psoriasis and rosa huile. It is very strong smelling, greeny / brown in colour, and has a thick, 'bitty' consistency, almost like pesto, and can be tricky to wash off your hands. I've upped a pic here.

The only other information I have is a website address on the label of the green pot - http://www.rosa-huile.ma - which appears to be down. There is also a phone number i have called, and when i finally got through (after many unsuccessful attempts) to someone speaking english i was given an email address to send my request to - [e-mail] - which has just bounced back.

Does anyone know what this stuff actually is? Do you know the chemists in Marrakech? Where else could i get some? What would be a decent substitute if i can't? Is there any way one of the letters in the email address could have been misinterpreted by me (eg does the letter h sound like something else to them?)

Any help is much appreciated, i'm already starting to itch with panic since that email address bounced back =(

posted by chrissyboy to health & fitness (15 comments total)

forgot to add, the contact information on the label is: Deffa Ourbaa Db Sidi Laarbi No 2. Tel: [phone]
posted by chrissyboy at 6:43 PM on April 10, 2006

Here's a wayback page with different contact details.
posted by tellurian at 6:56 PM on April 10, 2006

"Rosa huile" is just rose oil, I think. Not sure how much use that is.
posted by dilettante at 7:00 PM on April 10, 2006

Belatedly - someone else had the same problem in March. They liked the ointment, but can only contact the vendor by phone. The website didn't work and the hotmail address bounced then, too. They have a fax number, though.
posted by dilettante at 7:08 PM on April 10, 2006

Ah! you have the email address wrong, it's [e-mail]. Rosa Huile work in conjunction with Herbalist, Herbolisterie Avenzoar [scroll down] (from here) .
posted by tellurian at 7:10 PM on April 10, 2006

"Rosa huile" is just rose oil, I think. Not sure how much use that is.

Someone did mention that to me but said they were kind of gussing - i managed to find some at a market... it kind of works but is nowhere near as aggressive as this Moroccan stuff =/
posted by chrissyboy at 7:17 PM on April 10, 2006

You might try googling "Moroccan,soap. tar psoriasis"--I found quite a few references to products that might be similar/helpful. Don't panic, the world is an increasingly small place.
posted by rmhsinc at 7:23 PM on April 10, 2006

Bummer, just emailed [e-mail] and it bounced saying that the mailbox is full.
posted by tellurian at 7:25 PM on April 10, 2006

after posting... thank you both so much for rooting out that info, gonna try again =)
posted by chrissyboy at 7:26 PM on April 10, 2006

I'm moroccan but I can't read what's on the little bottle maybe if you can repost the pics because those you post are too blurry
posted by zouhair at 7:35 PM on April 10, 2006

grr yeah bounces back for me too =/

I'm moroccan but I can't read what's on the little bottle maybe if you can repost the pics because those you post are too blurry

The label says 'rosa huile' at the front, and next to it is the address... no other info unfortunately
posted by chrissyboy at 7:50 PM on April 10, 2006

managed to get this adress : 78, Bis Derb N'khel Rahba Lakdima, Marrakesh tél. [phone]

get them on phone and better found a friend of yours that can speak french

this kind of product are produced in south of Moroco especially in Kelat Mgouna, where they produce a lot of Roses out there and if you go there at spring the smell of rose is so great all the way through the valley
posted by zouhair at 7:59 PM on April 10, 2006

and this too seems their fax fax [phone] HERBORISTERIE AVENZOAR
posted by zouhair at 7:59 PM on April 10, 2006

044.44.51.91

You're missing the country code on that phone number. It seems to be 212, I'd try that.
posted by fshgrl at 9:26 PM on April 10, 2006

And lose the first "0"

So try 011-212-44-445191
posted by fshgrl at 9:27 PM on April 10, 2006