Table 1.
Promising natural products for psoriasis (N=12) including 9 anti-psoriatic pharmacotherapy-like natural products.
| Scientific name | Study design | Administration | APPa-like NPsb |
| Sophora flavescens | NPMc and APP vs APP | External | Yes |
| Cnidium monnieri | NPM and APP vs APP | External | No |
| Dictamnus dasycarpus | NPM and APP vs APP | External | No |
| Borneolum syntheticum | NPM and APP vs APP | External | No |
| Aloe vera | Single NP vs APP/placebo | External | Yes |
| Indigo naturalis | Single NP vs APP/placebo | External | Yes |
| Camptotheca acuminata | Single NP vs APP/placebo | External | Yes |
| Mahonia aquifolium | Single NP vs APP/placebo | External | Yes |
| Sophora flavescens | NP formula vs APP/placebo | External | Yes |
| Lithospermum erythrorhizon | NP formula vs APP/placebo | External | Yes |
| Oldenlandia diffusa | NP formula vs APP/placebo | Internal | Yes |
| Rehmannia glutinosa | NP formula vs APP/placebo | Internal | Yes |
| Salvia miltiorrhiza | NP formula vs APP/placebo | Internal | Yes |
aAPP: anti-psoriatic pharmacotherapy.
bNP: natural product.
cNPM: natural product medication.