Traditional Chinese medicine herbs &amp;#8212; are they safe for psoriatic patients?

Bartosińska, Joanna; Pietrzak, Aldona; Szepietowski, Jacek C.; Dreiher, Jacob; Maciejewski, Ryszard; Chodorowska, Grażyna

doi:10.5603/fhc.2011.0027

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“…Although the loss of hair is not a life-threatening condition, the loss of hair at an early age or sudden onset hair loss may cause serious psychological distress, thus it may directly affect the quality of life negatively [1,3]. For this reason, patients with suffering from hair loss should be considered finically in order Similarly, using of CAM is quite often among patients suffering from dermatologic disorders such as acne, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, dermatophytes, actinic keratosis, vitiligo, hair loss, cosmetic indications, melanoma, and lupus erythematosus [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. A survey data from UK indicated that 35-69% of patients who have various skin diseases have used CAM in their lifetime [27].…”

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Alternative Medicine for Hair Loss

Yardımcı¹

2017

Hair and Scalp Disorders

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In recent years, people have begun to give further emphasis to the external beauty, especially for their hair. Except drugs with proven effectiveness, complementary and alternative treatment options that have not yet been clarified of their effectiveness and side effect profiles have been used for centuries. Many plants or their extracts are widely used to prevent hair loss and treat alopecia (e.g., androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, or traction alopecia) worldwide, especially in Far Eastern countries. The mechanisms of action of these plants are still unknown. Although there are little randomized-controlled studies investigating the effectiveness in the treatment of hair loss, reported results have demonstrated that complementary and alternative medicine will become much more popular in the near future.

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Alternative Medicine for Hair Loss

Yardımcı¹

2017

Hair and Scalp Disorders

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“…However, current treatments remain unsatisfactory and burdensome, and they often do not meet patients' expectations [ 5 ]; thus, therapies collectively called alternative therapies are commonly used. One observational study revealed that 51% of patients with psoriasis opted to use alternative therapies [ 6 ].…”

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Immune Signatures in Patients with Psoriasis Vulgaris of Blood‐Heat Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Xiao

et al. 2016

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Objective. To determine whether immunological serum markers IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-17, IL-23, IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-10 are elevated or decreased in patients compared with healthy controls. Methods. A complete search of the literature on this topic within the past 30 years was conducted across seven databases. Seventeen studies including 768 individuals were identified. Differences in serum marker levels between subjects and controls were pooled as MDs using the random-effects model. Results. The pooled MDs were higher in patients than in healthy controls for IFN-γ (MD 24.9, 95% CI 12.36–37.43), IL-17 (MD 28.92, 95% CI 17.44–40.40), IL-23 (MD 310.60, 95% CI 4.96–616.24), and TNF-α (MD 19.84, 95% CI 13.80–25.87). Pooled IL-4 (MD −13.5, 95% CI −17.74–−9.26) and IL-10 (MD −10.33, 95% CI −12.03–−8.63) levels were lower in patients. Conclusion. The pooled analyses suggest that levels of IFN-γ, IL-17, IL-23, and TNF-α are significantly elevated and that levels of IL-4 and IL-10 are significantly decreased in sera of patients with psoriasis vulgaris of blood-heat syndrome. Measuring progression of blood-heat syndrome of psoriasis vulgaris will require additional high-quality data, with a low risk of bias and adequate sample sizes, before and after antipsoriatic therapy.

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“…These treatments can be highly effective in the management of psoriasis, but none are universally safe and effective, and each has possible side effects (Traub and Marshall, 2007). Alternative natural therapies such as anti-inflammatory diet, elimination and/or rotation of allergenic foods, therapeutic fasting, nutritional supplementation, lifestyle interventions and the use of topical or systemic herbal formula provide some options with varying efficacy in the management of psoriasis (Traub and Marshall, 2007, Bartosińska et al, 2011, Treloar, 2010. Despite these treatment alternatives, psoriasis is still an incurable and chronic disease (Bartosińska et al, 2011).…”

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“…Alternative natural therapies such as anti-inflammatory diet, elimination and/or rotation of allergenic foods, therapeutic fasting, nutritional supplementation, lifestyle interventions and the use of topical or systemic herbal formula provide some options with varying efficacy in the management of psoriasis (Traub and Marshall, 2007, Bartosińska et al, 2011, Treloar, 2010. Despite these treatment alternatives, psoriasis is still an incurable and chronic disease (Bartosińska et al, 2011). As a result, the patients with psoriasis may pursue new approaches and develop a different idea about their disorders.…”

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What do patients with psoriasis think about the causes of their disease and use for psoriasis?

Gönül¹,

Çakmak²,

Gül³

et al. 2012

TANG [HUMANITAS MEDICINE]

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There are few reports about the beliefs of psoriasis patients related to their disorder and therapy modalities except for the medical ones. We aimed to investigate the beliefs of psoriasis patients about their disorders, where they had attended therapies unrelated to dermatologists and what modality of unconventional therapies they used for psoriasis in Turkey. The study was performed on 141 psoriasis patients. The age, sex, education status and the number of visits to the dermatology clinics were recorded. How the patients decided to visit the dermatology clinic (themselves, directed by others), where they attended for treatment of psoriasis outside of the dermatologist, what they think about the causes of their disease and what they used for treatment of psoriasis were asked. The mean age of the patients was 33.44 ± 15.13 years. The patients whose ages were over 30 years significantly more went to dermatology clinics. 68.1% of the patients attended the dermatology clinic based on the individual decision, 18.4% were directed by family members and 5.7% by friends. 45.4% of the patients believed that stress was the cause of their disease. 54.6% of the patients had used at least one type of unconventional therapy for psoriasis. The most frequently used unconventional therapy forms were herbal (24.1%) and spiritual therapies (22%). One conclusion is psoriasis patients need education about their diseases. Dermatologists should have information about the tendencies of the patients and approach the patients with sensitivity and empathy and give objective knowledge about psoriasis.

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Traditional Chinese medicine herbs — are they safe for psoriatic patients?

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

Alternative Medicine for Hair Loss

Alternative Medicine for Hair Loss

Immune Signatures in Patients with Psoriasis Vulgaris of Blood‐Heat Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

What do patients with psoriasis think about the causes of their disease and use for psoriasis?

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