Dermatology
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Built from Dermatology, 5th Edition
What’s inside
12 sections · 80 slides
Understanding CAM
What complementary and alternative medicine covers, and how often patients with skin disease use it.
- Complementary, alternative and integrative medicine
- Where a non-mainstream therapy fits
- Five broad categories of CAM
- Classification of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
- 35-70%
- Why patients reach for CAM
- Selected types of CAM with promising evidence for treating dermatologic diseases
- Selected types of CAM with promising evidence for treating dermatologic diseases (continued)
Natural products used in dermatology
Botanicals, insect-based products and dietary supplements patients apply to the skin or take by mouth.
- What this section covers
- Aloe vera
- Capsaicin
- Chamomile
- Colloidal oatmeal
- Escharotics: a dangerous 'natural' cancer cure
- Feverfew
- Green and black tea
- Honey
- Horse chestnut seed extract (HCSE)
- Indigo naturalis
- Licorice root
- Marigold (Calendula)
- Menthol
- Prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics
- Probiotic evidence and safety
- Tea tree oil: uses
- Tea tree oil: safety
- Turmeric and curcumin
- Vitex (chasteberry)
- Flagellate dermatitis from an ingested supplement
Cannabinoids
Compounds acting on cannabinoid receptors, studied mainly for itch and inflammation.
- Cannabinoids in dermatology
- How strong is the evidence
Diet-based therapies
How weight, gluten and specific foods have been linked to skin disease.
- Diet and psoriasis
- Diet and acne
- Diet and atopic dermatitis: a complex picture
Traditional Chinese medicine
A 2000-year-old system built on balance, life-force flow, and individualized diagnosis.
- How a TCM diagnosis differs from a Western one
- Restoring balance in TCM
- Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment modalities
- Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment modalities (continued)
- Acupuncture
- TCM herbs for atopic dermatitis
- TCM herb safety
- Acupuncture and atopic dermatitis
- TCM herbs for psoriasis
- Acupuncture and psoriasis: a caution
- Moxibustion
- Cupping
- Coining (skin scraping)
- Distinguishing traditional treatment marks from abuse
Homeopathy
A 200-year-old system built on 'like cures like' and extreme dilution.
- What homeopathy claims
- Homeopathy: evidence and safety
Aromatherapy
The therapeutic use of essential oils - applied to the skin, inhaled, or massaged in.
- What aromatherapy is
- What aromatherapy is used for
- Tea tree oil and lavender in trials
- Essential oils and safety
- Essential oils associated with allergic and/or irritant contact dermatitis
Bleeding risk from supplements
Common dietary supplements that thin the blood - relevant before any skin procedure.
- Why this matters before a procedure
- Dietary supplements that inhibit platelet function or enhance anticoagulation
- Dietary supplements that inhibit platelet function or enhance anticoagulation (continued)
Mind-body medicine
How the brain, behavior and emotion connect to skin disease - and how to treat that connection.
- What mind-body medicine covers
- Dermatological conditions associated with psycho-emotional factors
- Psychotropic drugs and mind-body care together
- Meditation and mindfulness
- Biofeedback
- Hypnosis
- The skin as a stress-response organ
- Mind-body medicine: safety
Ayurveda
A 3000-year-old Indian system built around three constitutional types.
- The Ayurvedic approach
- The three doshas
- How the doshas map onto skin disease
- Ayurvedic evidence and safety
Conclusion
What to take away about CAM in everyday dermatology practice.
- Key takeaways
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- Dermatology, 5th Edition (2-Volume Set)