The Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Some Dermatologic Diseases: Part II--Autoimmune Bullous Disorders and Lichen Planus.

Abstract

Over the centuries, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine have traveled along parallel lines with no opportunity for collaboration. In recent decades, while an interest in TCM has been growing among Western clinicians, progress has been made in the comprehension of pathogenic mechanisms of skin disorders, and the communication between Western and Eastern medicines has become more and more intensive. In this paper, the authors discuss TCM remedies used in the treatment of autoimmune bullous disorders (pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid) and lichen planus. Future studies on the active components of the TCM will certainly shed new light on the still obscure aspects of some dermatologic diseases.

• Authors: Adone Baroni, Eleonora Ruocco, Teresa Russo, Vincenzo Piccolo, Long Geng, Hongbo Zhou, Hong-Duo Chen, Xing-Hua Gao
• Journal: Skinmed (Skinmed) 2015 May-Jun Vol. 13 Issue 3 Pg. 195-203; quiz 204 ISSN: 1540-9740 [Print] United States
• PMID: 26380506 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Drugs, Chinese Herbal

Topics

• Autoimmune Diseases (therapy)
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Lichen Planus (therapy)
• Medicine, Chinese Traditional
• Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous (therapy)