Introduction

Complementary and alternative treatments for lichen planus that are considered below include:

  • Immune System Balancing
  • Low Dose Naltrexone

Please see conventional, complementary, and alternative medical treatments for important background information regarding the different types of medical treatments discussed on this page. Naturopathic, Complementary, and Alternative treatments that may be considered include:

Management

Naturopathic, Complementary, and Alternative Treatments

Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)

[LdnResearchTrust_conditions] reports that lichen planus is a condition that LDN could help.

[Strazzulla2017  🕮 ] reports a retrospective medical record review of 4 patients with Lichen Planopilaris who were treated with 3mg/day LDN. All four patients showed reduction in symptoms of pruritus, clinical evidence of inflammation of the scalp, and disease progression.

Dr. Weyrich has been trained to use Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN). However, Dr. Weyrich has not treated any cases of lichen planus with LDN.

Please see What is Low Dose Naltrexone? for more information.

Immune System Balancing

[McCulley2018, pg 35] reports that lichen planus is a TH1-dominant autoimmune disorder, and proposes an approach to treating this disease, which should be supervised by a properly trained medical professional. Dr. Weyrich has considerable interest in this topic, but has not treated any cases of lichen planus with Immune System Balancing.

Please see What is Immune System Balancing? for more information.

References