Research progress on the mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of vitiligo
Abstract：Vitiligo is a common acquired depigmentation disease of the skin. Etiology and pathogenesis of the disease is still not clear. At present, most scholars believe that genetic predisposition of the individuals and the inlfuence of a variety of internal and external factors, leads to the emergence of immune function, neuropsychiatric, endocrine and metabolic disorders, as well as many other functions, that results in the inhibition of tyrosinase or melanin cell destruction, and ultimately depigmentation of the skin. Currently there are four main doctrines for the onset of the disease, namely autoimmune disease theory, melanocytes self-destruct theory, neurochemical factor theory and genetics theory. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of vitiligo may usually achieve good curative effect on the basis of syndrome differentiation and treatment, but the mechanism of the treatment is still not clear. The paper summarizes the objective basis of applying traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of vitiligo, mainly from autoimmune disease theory, melanocytes self-destruct theory and neurochemical factor theory.
Keywords：VitiligoTraditional Chinese medicineMechanism
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 192-194 )