Curcumin treats psoriasis
Psoriasis is an autoimmune inflammatory skin disease that causes thick, scaly red lesions on your body. This skin disease is related to the increase of phosphorylase kinase (phk) activity, and one treatment is uvb phototherapy. But phototherapy poses the threat of organ toxicity. Turmeric can provide an alternative and safer treatment. A study showed that curcumin, the main biologically active ingredient in turmeric, can help treat psoriasis by regulating phk activity. Curcumin also helps to change the gene expression of tnf cytokines. TNF cytokines are protein complexes that cause systemic inflammation and help control autoimmune diseases.
