VITILIGO ORIGIN

The Roman physician Celsus was the first person to mention the term Vitiligo back in the second century A.D. to describe the skin depigmentation condition that is also known as Leucoderma. Image: Curcuma longa by Kai Yan, Joseph Wong under Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

WHAT IS VITILIGO?

Vitiligo is the skin condition characterized for the progressive depigmentation of parts of the skin, presenting hypopigmented white lesions along the skin surface [3]. Fifty percent of Vitiligo cases appear before the age of 20 years old [5], and in spite it is still not very clear whether this condition is caused for a virus, an autoimmune disease or anything else, there are several clinical studies on the use of traditional herbal remedies for the treatment of Vitiligo, some of them with more success than others but most of them worth to get review. Let's have a look to some of the most commonly known herbs for Vitiligo.

CURCUMA LONGA

Family: Zingiberales
Genus: Curcuma
Common name: Indian safron, turmeric.

Ammi Visnaga, also known in Egypt as Khella, has been used for many centuries for its beneficial effects on the treatment of certain affections, among others high blood pressure, kidney stones and some others.

The reason of the effectiveness of this herb seems to be, following the latest news on the subject, two of the most powerful active constituents found on this herb, namely khellin and visnagin, which seem to be very effective on the treatment of those health disorders.

It is certainly not new, herbs and herbal remedies have been used since millenniums to treat the most common illnesses and affections. The natural ingredients found in herbs and plants have been applied in the form of topical creams, lotions and preparations during the last centuries to heal and treat most common sicknesses and affections. This has not only been done by our ancestors but also being done nowadays, by traditional medicines, in many cultures around the world. Now, are among those natural herbal remedies any suitable ones for the treatment of skin disorders as acne and rosacea?

There are several herbs said to be useful to remove warts, but today we will write about something different. The so-called 'Spanish Fly', the CANTHARIS, also known as Cantharis Vesicatoria, is a beetle that it is known for the substance that segregates, a poison substance called cantharidine, used to treat certain illnesses. There are many remedies using the properties of CANTHARIS and its benefits and special characteristics, among them we will talk about the most important and traditional ones.