Oral herbal medicines for psoriasis: A review of clinical studies

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-178

  May, Brian H ^a   Zhang, Anthony L ^a   Zhou, Wenyu ^a   Lu, Chuan Jian ^b   Deng, Shiqiang ^a   Xue, Charlie C L ^a,b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical study; Complementary medicine; Herbal medicine; Psoriasis; Review; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; CHINESE DRUG; ETRETIN; FATTY ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEROSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG EXTRACT; MAJOON USHBA; PAEONIA RADIX; PRIMROSE OIL; QINGKAILING; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIAOYIN; YINXIEPING;

AEONIA VEITCHII; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ARCTIUM LAPPA; BORAGE OFFICINALIS; CALCULUS BOVIS ARTIFICIAL; CARAPAX ERETMOCHELYDIS; CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CAULIS SPATHOLOBI; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINAHL; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMU CERVI DEGELATINATUM; CORTEX CINNAMOMI; CORTEX DICTAMNI; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; CYPTOTYMPANA ATRATA; DICTAMNUS DASYCARPUS; DRUG FORMULATION; EMBASE; FLOS SOPHORAE; HERBA EPHEDRAE; HERBA SCHIZONEPETAE TENUIFOLIAE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIGO NATURALIS; LONICERA JAPONICA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDLINE; NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSE; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA; PHERETIMA; PIPER CUBEBA; POLYPODIUM VULGARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PTEROCARPUS SANTALINUS; RADIX ACHYRANTHIS BIDENTATAE; RADIX ACONITI LATERALIS; RADIX ANGELICAE FORMOSANAE; RADIX ARNEBIAE; RADIX ARNEBIAE SEU LITHOSPERMI; RADIX ASTRAGALI; RADIX CODONOPSIS; RADIX GLYCYRRHIZAE; RADIX REHMANNIAE PREPARATA; RADIX SALVIAE MILTIORRHIZAE; RAMULUS CINNAMOMI; REHMANNIA ROOT; REVIEW; RHIZOMA IMPERATAE; RHIZOMA SMILACIS GLABRAE; RHIZOMA ZINGIBERIS; ROSA DAMASCENA; SANTALUM ALBUM; SAPOSHNIKOVIA DIVARICATA; SCROPHULARIA NINGPOENSIS; SEMEN COICIS; SEMEN SINAPIS; SMILAX CHINA; SMILAX OFFICINALIS; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; PLANT OILS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 84862744726     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-012-1008-z     Document Type: Review

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