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Traditional topical herbal therapies in psoriasis

  • Keseroglu, Havva Ozge (Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Dermatology Clinic) ;
  • Gonul, Muzeyyen (Ankara Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Dermatology Clinic)
  • Received : 2014.09.11
  • Accepted : 2014.11.10
  • Published : 2014.11.30
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Abstract

Psoriasis is a common, chronic, recurrent, immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of skin. Although conventional topical and systemic therapies yield remission for a while, they carry a risk of many side effects that limit the long term use of these agents and the disease recurs generally in a short period of time after cessation of therapy. An increasing number of psoriatic patients are using herbal products as a treatment to control their disease with less side effects. Clinicians should be aware of plants used in psoriasis and side effects related with them. The aim of this article is to review the different herbs used in psoriasis treatment.

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