title: Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis From the Perspective of Traditional Persian Medicine: Presentation of a Novel Therapeutic Approach.
abstract: There is a strong current trend for using complementary and alternative medications to treat atopic dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis is a common, chronic, pruritic, and inflammatory skin disease. It can have a profound, negative effect on patients' quality of life. Mild cases of atopic dermatitis can be controlled by the application of moisturizers and topical corticosteroids. However, in severe cases, application of immunosuppressive medication is unavoidable but it can have adverse effects. In traditional Persian medicine, diseases similar to resistant atopic dermatitis are treated with whey in combination with decoction of field dodder. Both whey and field dodder have anti-inflammatory properties. Consumption of whey can also aid skin repair, mitigate pruritus, and help combat the high level of stress experienced by patients. Therefore, it is hypothesized that consumption of traditional medicinal treatment of whey with decoction of field dodder can be applied as a complementary treatment for atopic dermatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Rasool
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Choopani
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran mzmehrbani@sbmu.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Mehrzad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mehrbani
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fekri
authors.affiliation: Herbal and Traditional Medicines Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Mitra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mehrabani
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000627:therapeutic use; D034182:Cuscuta / Q000737:chemistry; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008514:Medicine, Arabic; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000067796:Whey / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D010936:Plant Extracts
keywords: atopic dermatitis; field dodder; traditional medicine; whey