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Temporary remissions and limited access to antifungal medications make its treatment a pressing public health concern. Anecdotal reports about the use of <jats:italic>Senna alata<\/jats:italic> leaf decoction as treatment exist.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To determine the efficacy of community\u2010prepared <jats:italic>S alata<\/jats:italic> leaf decoction in the treatment of tinea imbricata.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Tinea imbricata patients were instructed to apply <jats:italic>S alata<\/jats:italic> leaf decoction for 4\u00a0weeks (28\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03\u00a0days). Disease severity, pruritus visual analogue scale scores (VAS) and potassium hydroxide (KOH) mounts of skin scrapings were evaluated before and after treatment. Two assessors evaluated disease severity based on photographs. Cohen's kappa statistics were used to assess diagnostic concordance. Adverse drug events were recorded.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty patients were enrolled. After 4\u00a0weeks, 95% had decreased pruritus VAS scores, with a mean decreased of 4.05 after treatment (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.0001). There was a significant difference in disease severity scores before and after treatment (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0\u2264\u00a0.05) with an overall agreement of \u2018moderate\u2019 for both assessors (\u03ba\u00a0=\u00a00.6, 95% CI [0.33, 0.87]). Forty per cent had negative KOH tests after treatment. None had adverse drug events.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is the first study that showed the potential of a community\u2010prepared leaf decoction as a treatment option for tinea imbricata. Larger clinical trials establishing its efficacy, effectiveness and safety profile are recommended to enable its promotion among the indigenous people and health authorities as an accessible and affordable treatment for tinea imbricata.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/myc.13159","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,11]],"date-time":"2020-08-11T01:45:33Z","timestamp":1597110333000},"page":"1226-1234","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["<i>Senna (Cassia) alata<\/i> (Linn.) 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