An effective treatment of ostraceous psoriasis by Unani medicine- A case report from Kashmir North India

Abstract

Ostraceous psoriasis, extremely rear forms of psoriasis is manifested as typical lesion on the skin of the patient resembling an oyster shell. Psoriatic patients are commonly using alternative and complementary medicine due to limited efficacy of allopathic medicine. Herein, we report a 21 year old male patient with Ostraceous psoriasis who was successfully treated with Unani oral and topical formulations. During 90 days of treatment with Unani drugs, there was substantial improvement in subjective and objective parameters with no adverse effect.