NCT00442091

Dandelion Juice in the Treatment of Dyshidrotic Hand Eczema

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 4 (actual)
• Sponsor: Odense University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Vesicular Palmoplantar Eczema
• Pompholyx

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	dandelion juice	10 ml bid for 20-30 days

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-12-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-01
• Completion: 2019-12-01
• First posted: 2007-03-01
• Last updated: 2020-03-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark