Urginea indica and its role in psoriasis: A Review

Abstract

Psoriasis an inflammatory disease of the skin, non-infections.  It is an increased proliferation of the skin layers due to excessive division of the cell in the basal layers of the skin.  The disease is characterized by well defined plaques with large adherent silvery scales, associated with sever itching.  Dryness of skin and silvery scaling are symptoms.  It is one of the most common skin disorders in humans, treatments are not available in English Medicine it is available in Ayurveda using Urginea indica (Liliaceae) and Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) has been used for treating psoriasis and systematic administration of one such CHM is effective in psoriasis.  Ayurveda treatments have no side effects reported so far when compared to English Medicine.  The present study is a review of earlier work and explored the currently used and the historically, used herbal remedies in the treatment of psoriasis