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
BACKGROUND: Phosphorylase kinase (PhK), also known as adenosine
triphosphate (ATP)-phosphorylase b phosphotransferase, integrates
multiple calcium/calmodulin-dependent signalling pathways, including
those involved in cell migration and cell proliferation, while coupling
these pathways to glycogenolysis and ATP-dependent phosphorylation,
Review of a treatment for psoriasis using herose, a Chinese botanical formula.
This study was undertaken to assess the efficacy of the herose formula
as a treatment for psoriasis patients who have been previously treated
with immunosuppressants. The study was an open one conducted in one
center. Fifteen patients were instructed to take four herose capsules
(450 mg per capsule) three times a day for 10 months. At each visit the
Western drug Accutane, for the treatment of acne, found to be linked to ulcerative colitis and bowel disease
I recently found several research studies posted on the PubMed research data base that make direct parallels to Accutane use and ulcerative colitis.
