Aloe vera shown effective for psoriasis
New research has found that aloe vera provided greater reduction in disease activity for people with plaque psoriasis than did topical steroids. This is potentially good news for the millions of sufferers of psoriasis who typically rely on a variety of topical treatments including prescription strength steroids that can have a variety of both local and systemic side effects and are sometimes expensive to obtain. The research was presented at the International Congress of Dermatology, which met last week in Prague.
The study involved 80 patients half of whom were randomized to receive 70 percent aloe vera cream and the other half to receive 0.1 percent triamcinolone acetonide cream (a topical steroid). After eight weeks of treatment, patients in the aloe vera group had a greater reduction in their Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) than did patients in the steroid group. PASI is a widely used measurement of psoriasis activity […]
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