ABSTRACT
Diets rich in fruits and vegetables and high in fiber, saffron tea, and slippery elm water have been reported to improve clinical psoriasis scores. Dietary supplementation with vitamin D, vitamin B12, selenium, and omega 3 may also have beneficial effects in psoriasis treatment. Probiotic nutritional supplements may also play a potential role in disease progression by impacting immune function. A variety of psoriasis animal models have been used to investigate herbal and dietary supplements as alternatives to pharmaceutical intervention. The gel of aloe vera, a popular plant that contains anthroquinones, steroids, saponins, mucopolysaccharides, and salicylic acid, is commonly used to treat skin diseases, including psoriasis. Curcumin, a polyphenolic compound isolated from the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa (turmeric), has been regarded as a complementary therapy to clinical treatment of psoriasis. The hydroalcoholic extract of Wrightia tinctoria leaves was evaluated for antipsoriatic activity by the mouse tail test.
