Objective To validate the Chinese medicine treatment program for psoria sis vulgaris

determine its therapeutic effect and lay foundation for further op timization.Methods Totally 186 psoriasis vulgaris pati ents were included

of which 131 cases were blood heat syndrome

34 were blood d ryness syndrome

and 21 were blood stasis syndrome.According to syndrome type

they were treated with the method of cooling blood and removing toxin

nourishin g blood and removing toxin and activating blood and removing toxin respectively.External treatment including moist compress

medicated bath

acupuncture were a lso used.Lesion area

psoriasis area and severity index（PASI） and side effect were observed on the 8th and 12th week.Results Oral ad ministration of deco ction was the most widely used Chinese medication

followed by ointment

medicat ed bath

oral administration of proprietary Chinese medicine and moist compress.There were 158 patients finished the eight-week treatment and the total effect i ve rate was 79.7%

among which the effective rate of blood heat syndrome

blood dryness syndrome and blood stasis syndrome was 78.2%

82.4% and 82.6% respective ly

with no significant difference between different syndromes（P>0.05）.Th ere w ere 100 patients finished the twelve-week treatment and the total effective rat e was 89.0%

among which the effective rate of blood heat syndrome

blood dryness syndrome and blood stasis syndrome was 92.1%

89.5% and 77.8%

with no signific ant difference between different syndromes（P>0.05）.Conclu sion Blood heat syndr ome is the most common syndrome in psoriasis vulgaris.Oral administration of de coction

ointment

medicated bath

oral administration of proprietary Chinese me dicine and moist compress are widely used Chinese medication for psoriasis vulga ris.Chinese medication for psoriasis is effective with good compliance.