Etiology, Clinical Manifestation and Natural Treatments of Psoriasis from the Perspective of Persian Medicine

Abstract

Psoriasis is an inflammatory and autoimmune disease with unknown etiology. This is a chronic, recurrent, distressing and costly disease, which has a great impact on the quality of life of individuals. Its treatment varies from topical to systemic medication and sometimes with a great deal of side effects. Probably, changing nutritional habits, life style modification and applying preventive measures may reduce the high amount use of chemical drugs and the costs of the disease. This study investigates etiology, clinical manifestation and natural treatments of psoriasis from the perspective of Persian Medicine by which prevention and nutritional recommendations and some treatments can be introduced. Searching selected sources of Persian Medicine including the Canon of Medicine, Zakhirah -E- Kharazm Shahi, Kamel alsanaat, Sharh al-asbab va al-alamat, Tebbe-Akbari, Moalejate Aghili, Exir-e-Azam, three diseases named “Ghooba”, “Barase Asvad” and “Saafe-Yabes” were found to be similar to psoriasis in their manifestations. Therefore, study of their specific treatments in the levels of lifestyle management more importantly nutrition and herbal therapy could be noteworthy for the future studies.

Topical Cyperus rotundus essential oil for treatment of axillary hyperpigmentation: a randomized, double‐blind, active‐ and placebo‐controlled study

“…Use of CAM has grown in popularity among patient populations, particularly use of plant-based products, including dandelion, whey protein, Malva sylvestris L. (common mallow) resveratrol and Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil are used in dermatology to treat a variety of ailments. [17][18][19][20][21] Cyperus rotundus (purple nutsedge) is a grass whose essential oil is useful in treating axillary hyperpigmentation due to its biological properties, including anti-inflammatory and antipigmenting mechanisms. It depigments keratinocytes by inhibiting tyrosinase activity.…”

“…It is both safe and effective, and it is widely accepted as ‘mainstream’ healthcare practice. Use of CAM has grown in popularity among patient populations, particularly use of plant‐based products, including dandelion, whey protein, Malva sylvestris L. (common mallow) resveratrol and Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil are used in dermatology to treat a variety of ailments 17–21 …”

Non-Pharmacological Treatments of Psoriasis in Persian Medicine a Narrative Review

“…Skin disease is caused by dystemperament and imbalanced humors [ 17 - 21 ]. There is no disease called psoriasis in PM, but the symptoms of this disease are very similar to Barase asvad , Saafe yabes , and Ghooba [ 17 , 20 , 23 - 26 ]. There is severe dry skin with itching and scaling similar to fish scales in Baras asvad due to increasing Soda (black bile) humor and its accumulation in the skin [ 17 , 18 , 23 , 24 ].…”