Abstract:

Ｏbjective: To observe the clinical effect of Chinese herb bath by TCM syndrom-type combined with narrow-band UVB in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris. Methods: 165 patients with psoriasis vulgaris were randomly divided into two groups. The control group was applied only with NB-UVB，while the treatment group was divided into blood heat type and blood dryness type based on the characteristics of skin lesion, and each of them was treated with Chinese herb bath of Fang NO.1 and Fang NO.2 respectively with the combination of NB- UVB therapy; the PASI score and clinical efficacy after treatment in the two groups were analyzed. Results: The total effective rate（90.5%）of the treatment group was significantly higher than that of the control group（77.8%）（P＜0.05）; the lesion PASI scores in both groups significantly decreased after treatment，yet the scores of the treatment group was significantly lower than that of the control group（P＜0.05）. Conclusion: Combination of Chinese herb bath and NB-UVB by TCM syndrom-type in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris has shown significant effects, which is worthy of clinical application．

Key words: psoriasis vulgaris, TCM syndrom-type, Chinese herb bath, narrow-band UVB