[Clinical Picture] Chinese herbal remedy found to contain steroids and antifungals

A 14-year-old boy with early-onset guttate psoriasis vulgaris presented at our clinic with several reddish-purple, horizontal streaks on the distal part of his shins. Previously, he had been treated with narrow-band ultraviolet B, topical corticosteroids ranging from mild (hydrocortisone 17-butyrate cream 1 mg/g) to moderate (mometasone furoate cream 1 mg/g and betamethasone valerate ointment 1 mg/g), and tacrolimus ointment 1 mg/g—but the response to treatment was not long lasting. The family consulted a licensed practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine who prescribed a so-called herbal cream (figure).

from ! Human Diseases via Alexandros G.Sfakianakis on Inoreader http://bit.ly/2SbssCn