Turmeric Based Therapy in the Treatment of Psoriasis: A Clinical Trial

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