Potential of herbal treatment of Psoriasis: A Laconic Review Sharma Sanyam1, Research Scholar, Sharma Rahul1, Goyal Kamya2, Jindal Shammy23,*, Research Scholar 1Laureate Institute of Pharmacy, Kathog, Jawalamukhi, Himachal Pradesh176031, India. 2Laureate Institute of Pharmacy, Kathog, Jawalamukhi, Himachal Pradesh176031, India. 3Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Sector-125, Noida201303, India. *Corresponding Author E-mail: shammyjindal@gmail.com
Abstract Psoriasis is an inflammatory, auto immune disorder of the skin affecting 2 to 3% of people globally. It mainly affects all of the body parts especially hands, foot and limbs. In psoriasis, body starts to make new skin cells more rapidly than normal leads to the development of raised skin patches and tissues on the skin. Various kinds of treatment options are availabel for the treatment of psoriasis but they all are associated with various kinds of side effects. There is research gap between the use of various herbs and crude drugs used in the treatment of psoriasis with various dosage forms. Till now reviews are not availabel with treatment of psoriasis with herbal formulation. In this review, our objective is to cover the treatment options availabel for the treatment of psoriasis with the potential of herbs used for the psoriasis. In this review, we summarized a list of herbal plants which are known to have potential antipsoriatic activity and can be used for the treatment of psoriasis. But, most of the availabel literature of herbals are lacking clinical outcome of efficacy of herbals in treating the psoriasis. In the last, we can say that herbs from various natural origin can be used in the treatment of psoriasis as compared to synthetic drugs. This review will help or motivate the researcher for the evaluation of antipsoriatic potential of these herbs with all the safety features and help them to use this information for the development of herbal dosage forms that can effectively used for the management and treatment of psoriasis. Top Keywords Herbal Plants, Psoriasis, Treatment, Aloe vera, Herbal formulations, Psoriatic arthritis. Top |