An overview of acupuncture for psoriasis vulgaris, 2009–2014
Psoriasis is a chronic, proliferative, and inflammatory skin disease which affects around 2–3% of the global population. Current pharmacotherapy is effective, however medication with safe and long-lasting therapeutic effects is needed. Acupuncture for psoriasis is widely used in China as well as oth...
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| description | Psoriasis is a chronic, proliferative, and inflammatory skin disease which affects around 2–3% of the global population. Current pharmacotherapy is effective, however medication with safe and long-lasting therapeutic effects is needed. Acupuncture for psoriasis is widely used in China as well as other Asian countries, and is gradually becoming accepted globally. To determine the characteristics and advantages of acupuncture treatment for psoriasis, and to improve the clinical outcomes of this disease in the future, this review summarizes literature on acupuncture treatment for psoriasis published between 2009 and 2014. Databases search was conducted with the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), MEDLINE, and PubMed databases over a time period ranging from January 2009 to December 2014. The condition term was “psoriasis” and the key intervention terms were “needling”, “moxibustion”, “auriculotherapy”, “cupping and bloodletting therapy”, “catgut embedding therapy”, “point-injection therapy”, “traditional Chinese medicine fumigation therapy”, “fire needling therapy”, and “vesiculation moxibustion”. Languages were limited to English and Chinese. Therapeutic mechanisms, therapy, therapeutic characteristics, advantages and limits of acupuncture for psoriasis are discussed. The conclusion is that acupuncture therapies for psoriasis are simple, convenient, and effective, with long-lasting therapeutic effects as well as minimal side effects and toxicity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e2ea5a330fd414bafe9247c1eef621d2023-09-15T10:48:03ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Dermatological Treatment0954-66341471-17532017-04-0128322122810.1080/09546634.2016.12248011224801An overview of acupuncture for psoriasis vulgaris, 2009–2014Yu Xiang0Xing Wu1Chuanjian Lu2Kaiyi Wang3Guangdong Pharmaceutical UniversityGuangzhou University of Chinese MedicineGuangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese MedicineRMIT UniversityPsoriasis is a chronic, proliferative, and inflammatory skin disease which affects around 2–3% of the global population. Current pharmacotherapy is effective, however medication with safe and long-lasting therapeutic effects is needed. Acupuncture for psoriasis is widely used in China as well as other Asian countries, and is gradually becoming accepted globally. To determine the characteristics and advantages of acupuncture treatment for psoriasis, and to improve the clinical outcomes of this disease in the future, this review summarizes literature on acupuncture treatment for psoriasis published between 2009 and 2014. Databases search was conducted with the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), MEDLINE, and PubMed databases over a time period ranging from January 2009 to December 2014. The condition term was “psoriasis” and the key intervention terms were “needling”, “moxibustion”, “auriculotherapy”, “cupping and bloodletting therapy”, “catgut embedding therapy”, “point-injection therapy”, “traditional Chinese medicine fumigation therapy”, “fire needling therapy”, and “vesiculation moxibustion”. Languages were limited to English and Chinese. Therapeutic mechanisms, therapy, therapeutic characteristics, advantages and limits of acupuncture for psoriasis are discussed. The conclusion is that acupuncture therapies for psoriasis are simple, convenient, and effective, with long-lasting therapeutic effects as well as minimal side effects and toxicity.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546634.2016.1224801acupuncture therapypsoriasisreview |
| spellingShingle | Yu Xiang Xing Wu Chuanjian Lu Kaiyi Wang An overview of acupuncture for psoriasis vulgaris, 2009–2014 Journal of Dermatological Treatment acupuncture therapy psoriasis review |
| title | An overview of acupuncture for psoriasis vulgaris, 2009–2014 |
| title_full | An overview of acupuncture for psoriasis vulgaris, 2009–2014 |
| title_fullStr | An overview of acupuncture for psoriasis vulgaris, 2009–2014 |
| title_full_unstemmed | An overview of acupuncture for psoriasis vulgaris, 2009–2014 |
| title_short | An overview of acupuncture for psoriasis vulgaris, 2009–2014 |
| title_sort | overview of acupuncture for psoriasis vulgaris 2009 2014 |
| topic | acupuncture therapy psoriasis review |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546634.2016.1224801 |
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