DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2022.v10i04.034

Pages: 412-415

Psoriasis is a long-standing autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin. Plantar psoriasis is a variant of psoriasis that characteristically affects the skin of the soles. It features hyperkeratosis, or mixed morphologies. This is such a case report of a patient with plantar Psoriasis successfully treated by Siddha medicine (Kilinjal mezhugu). Siddha medicine is one of the traditional Indian systems of medicines, having its unique 32 types of external therapy kalimbu (ointment) was selected to manage the symptoms of the disease. In external therapy, an ointment is a viscous semisolid preparation that does not flow used topically on a variety of body surfaces. Kalimbu is also applied on the skin of fungal infection, eczema and other skin patches apart from use as local analgesics. A case reported was a female of 68 years old age of the patient came to the outpatient department of National Institute of Siddha (NIS) with symptoms of itching, scaly plaques, burning in feet which aggravates at morning and night, weight-bearing area of the sole had painful cracking, plantar psoriasis fissures, severe pain, scaling in both plantar region for 10 years. After the complete clinical examination, the patient is diagnosed with plantar psoriasis. The complaints of plantar psoriasis were treated with the Siddha formulation (Kilinjal mezhugu) for about 45 days without any recurrence and good quality of life. We reported in this article the clinical characteristics of a case of 68 years old female with plantar psoriasis is being presented which was treated successfully with Siddha formulation (Kilinjal mezhugu). In the present case, the Siddha formulation treatment showed promising results in plantar psoriasis. No adverse events were noted with the treatment.