Psoriasis

• Psoriasis -

  Psoriasis (psora is greek for “to itch”) has been diagnosed in both Asia and Europe for over 2000 years. In China it is known under the names Pi Xuan (Ox Skin Dermatitis), Song Bi Xuan (Pine Skin Dermatitis), and Bai Bi (White Dagger Sore/ Whiite Crust), all of the names pointing out the characteristic scaly look of this common skin disorder. The scale itself comes from the over production of skin cells that are regenerating every 3-5 days, instead of the normal 30 days.

• Assessment of Patients With Recalcitrant Psoriasis in a Randomized, Observer-Blind, Vehicle-Controlled Trial Using Indigo.
• Psoriasis is a systemic disease-

  Psoriasis has been diagnosed as a disorder for thousands of years in both the east and western worlds. Chinese medicine has always viewed psoriasis as systemic disease that responds very well to the use of internally administered medicinals. Modern western medicine has struggled with it's understanding of psoriasis, in both treatment and diagnosis, and it has only been in the recent past that psoriasis is being viewed as a systemic problem.

• Chinese herb formulation treats Psoriasis effectively
• The Chinese herb Jiang Huang, aka Tumeric, found to be twice as effective in relieving psoriasis than western drug calcipotriol.-

  Sometimes it seems that the simpliest and common things are the best for us. Tumeric (Curcumin Longae) the common kitchen spice and Chinese herbal remedy (Jiang Huang), was shown to be very effective at reducing the thick plaques of psoriasis. In fact the researchers who did the study found that Tumeric was twice as effective as the western drug calcipotriol, also known as Dovonex.

• Drug-induced suppression of phosphorylase kinase activity correlates with resolution of psoriasis
• Review of a treatment for psoriasis using herose, a Chinese botanical formula.
• Chinese medicine and the treatment of psoriasis.- [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83SElJmqRkA]
• Psoriasis-Navel-After
• Psoriasis-Navel-Before
• Psoriasis- leg- After 10 weeks of treatment
• Psoriasis- leg- before
• Sebopsoriasis-before
• sebopsoriasis-after
• psoriasis- trunk, after- This picture was donated by Adina Stanescu from her own clinical practice. Adina trained with one of Europe's best Chinese medical dermatologists, Mazin Al Khafaji. She offers herbal treatments for many conditions dealing with fertility, skin, and other internal medicine issues.
• psoriasis- trunk, before- This picture was donated by Adina Stanescu from her own clinical practice. Adina trained with one of Europe's best Chinese medical dermatologists, Mazin Al Khafaji. She offers herbal treatments for many conditions dealing with fertility, skin, and other internal medicine issues. Adina is my eastern Canada skin connection,
• Psoriasis-back-before- This woman came in with widespread plaque psoriasis covering most of her body. Notice how the lesions look dense, tethered, and well attached. Very typical of the Chinese medicine syndrome of blood stasis. To see her results after just 8 weeks of herbal treatment, click here.
  
• Psoriasis-back- 8 weeks later- This picture was taken after 8 weeks of both internally consumed and externally applied Chinese herbal medicines.
• Successful Treatment of Pediatric Psoriasis with Indigo naturalis Composite Ointment
• Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (Bai Zhi) is effecive for the treatment of Psoriasis- The Chinese medicinal, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (Bai Zhi), is commonly used for the treatment of psoriasis. I commonly add this herb to a herbal formula when a patient complains of a strong itch.
• Psoriasis-7 weeks later
• Traditional Chinese medicine is effective and safe in the treatment of psoriasis
• Psoriasis- before
• Guttate Psoriasis- After
• Guttate Psoriasis- Before- This picture was taken in mid January, 2007, before taking any chinese herbs.
• Guttate Psoriasis-Back- before
• Psoriasis statistics-

  I recently came across the the following statistics from The Psoriasis Education Program (www.psoriasisinfo.ca):

• Double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy of fish oil and low-dose UVB in the treatment of psoriasis