Psoriasis is an immune-abnormal, chronic, proliferative
skin disease determined by
polygenic inheritance and induced by a number of environmental factors. It causes worldwide concern because of its high-
prevalence, harmful and incurable characteristics. Over the years,
Chinese medicine (CM)
treatment of
psoriasis has accumulated a wealth of clinical experience.
Disease-
syndrome combination, which achieves more satisfactory clinical effect, is the basis to highlight the special CM advantages in treating
psoriasis. In this
paper, we
review the advantages of treating
psoriasis with the combination of
disease and
syndrome, analyze the prospects of
research on treating
psoriasis combining
disease with
syndrome. We also make a point that there are several key points for the clinical
research of combination of
disease and
syndrome. It can be expected that
carrying out clinical
research on the combination of
disease and
syndrome will help improve the
clinical efficacy of medical
treatment of
psoriasis, which
will be the main direction of
research in the
future.