Dandelion Juice in the Treatment of Dyshidrotic Hand Eczema

Odense University Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Vesicular Palmoplantar Eczema

Pompholyx

Treatments

Drug: dandelion juice

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00442091

20070010

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dandelion juice has been used in herbal medicine for at least 1000 years. Vesicular hand eczema is a rare, but difficult to treat, type of hand eczema. One case report has shown that ingestion of dandelion juice could induce a beneficial effect on this type of eczema. The purpose of this study is to test whether this effect can be retrieved in other patients.

Full description

Dandelion juice has been used in herbal medicine for at least 1000 years. One case report has shown a beneficial effect of this herbal remedy on dyshidrotic hand eczema, and the purpose of this pilot study is to test whether this effect can be retrieved in other patients.

The patients are recruited from our out-patient clinic. Only patients with negative patch tests to Compositae are offered treatment with dandelion juice for 20-30 days.

Enrollment

4 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients with dyshidrotic eczema for at least 1 year and negative patch test reactions to Compositae (tested within the last 3 years) and normal renal and hepatic blood tests.

Exclusion criteria

Treatment with systemic steroids or other immunosuppressive/-modulating drugs, including UV therapy, within the last 3 months.
Pregnancy, lactation.
Compositae contact allergy.
Liver or gall bladder disease.
Abnormal renal or hepatic blood tests.