Complimentary and alternative medicine for atopic dermatitis: An update

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a skin disease whose treatment is quite difficult because it is chronic, residive and has a fairly complex etiology. One of the modalities in AD that is gaining popularity is alternative and complementary medicine. This literature review aims to update evidence based alternative and complementary medicine in AD. There are several alternative and complementary therapies that are quite commonly used in AD, namely herbal medicine, plant oils, vitamin D, probiotics, earthworms and acupuncture or acupressure. The use of alternative and complementary medicine in AD is quite effective, but further research is still needed to support this matter.