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

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-205

  Bartosińska, Joanna Patrycja ^a   Pietrzak, Aldona ^a   Szepietowski, Jacek ^b,c   Dreiher, Jacob ^d   Maciejewski, Ryszard ^a   Chodorowska, Grazyna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adverse reaction; Chinese herbs; Herbal medicine; Psoriasis; Traditional chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ABNORMAL URINE COMPOSITION; ACNE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE GENERALIZED EXANTHEMATOUS PUSTULOSIS; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANGELICA DAHURICA; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APPLICATION SITE PHOTOSENSITIVITY REACTION; APPLICATION SITE PRURITUS; ASTHENIA; BRUCELLOSIS; CARBUNCLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMMON COLD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DARK URINE; DECREASED APPETITE; DERMATITIS; DICTAMNUS DASYCARPUS; DIZZINESS; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYSIPELAS; ERYTHEMA; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; FURUNCULOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INDIGO NATURALIS; INFLUENZA; JAUNDICE; KAPOSI VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LICHEN PLANUS; LITHOSPERMUM ERYTHRORHIZON; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALAISE; MONOCYTOSIS; MUMPS; NAUSEA; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PSORIASIS; RASH; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA; REVIEW; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; SAFFLOWER; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SCLERA DISEASE; SELF CARE; SHIGELLOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; SMILCIS GLABRE; SYPHILIS; TOOTH PAIN; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TOXIC HEPATITIS; VOMITING; YELLOW SCLERA;

DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PSORIASIS;

EID: 80055119436     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: 18975631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/FHC.2011.0027     Document Type: Review

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