Turmeric Based Therapy in the Treatment of Psoriasis: A Clinical Trial
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2019-12-31
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Summary
Psoriasis affects around 4% of world population. The disease could be disabling and
disfiguring dermatologic condition. World Health Organization (WHO) has recently drawn the
attention to the inadequate treatment options psoriasis patients suffer from among other
problems. Furthermore, the available treatment options have many side effects. A lot of the
effective treatment options are either expensive or not appropriate for hepatic patients who
represent a large subset of Egyptian psoriatic patients. This highlights the need for
inexpensive and safe alternative. The effectiveness of Turmeric in psoriasis treatment have
been addressed in few reports. Having an immune modulatory effect especially as anti NFκB it
is expected to be effective therapy with minimal side effect. Up to the investigator's
knowledge this is the first study addressing the efficacy of combined turmeric and olive oil
based topical therapy in psoriasis treatment