Collodial oatmeal bath lotions help eczema patients, so should
help SLE too.


http://www.rakuten.com.my/shop/caringpharm...SC0002_0116671/



http://www.lef.org/Protocols/Immune-Connec...t/Lupus/Page-02

http://www.lifeextension.com/Protocols/Imm.../Lupus/Page-les

http://www.lef.org//Magazine/2014/3/Safely...iseases/Page-01



Peony.

Clinical study of total glucosides of paeony in patients with
systemic lupus erythematosus.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21608216


http://www.iherb.com/Life-Extension-Peony-...ggie-Caps/55657



You could try my schoolmate, Yap Boon Hung, rheumatologist at Tung Shin.

The clinical effect of dietary supplementation with omega-3 fish oils
and/or copper in systemic lupus erythematosus.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15290734/

The autoimmune pathways involved in SLE are quite complex, but
SLE is basically an autoimmune disease with inflammatory components.

Initially it was thought that SLE was mainly a Th2-predominant disease,
however, studies showed that Th1 is also upregulated, particularly
in CNS lupus.


What is the Role of Th1 and Th2 in Autoimmune Disease ?

http://autoimmune-paleo.com/what-is-the-ro...immune-disease/



Interferon gamma, produced by CD4 (T-helper cells) and macrophages,
is implicated.


The role of IFN-gamma in systemic lupus erythematosus:
a challenge to the Th1/Th2 paradigm in autoimmunity.

http://arthritis-research.com/content/3/3/136


Th Subset Balance in Lupus Nephritis.

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2011/980286/




Effect of rituximab in refractory SLE: inhibition of Th1 ?

http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/con...45/1/121.2.full

Peony, mentioned earlier, looks promising.

I think your mum should try it out.


Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Effects of
Paeonia Lactiflora Pall., a Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108611/



Therapeutic effect of total glucosides of paeony
on lupus nephritis in MRL/lpr mice.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21515463


The PDF of the full text of the above study is in Chinese.
Print it out and show your mum.

http://www.j-smu.com/pdf2/201104/201104656.pdf




Total glucosides of paeony induces regulatory CD4(+)CD25(+)
T-cells by increasing Foxp3 demethylation in lupus CD4(+) T-cells.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22406048/




Effect of total glucosides of peony on expression and DNA methylation
status of ITGAL gene in CD4(+) T cells of systemic lupus erythematosus.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22659657/



The full text here is also in Chinese.

http://www.csumed.org/xbwk/fileup/PDF/201205463.pdf

Peony prevents bone loss in rheumatoid arthritis.

Total glucosides of paeony prevents juxta-articular
bone loss in experimental arthritis.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728075/



Peony in inflammatory bowel diseases - ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

Paeoniflorin abrogates DSS-induced
colitis via a TLR4-dependent pathway.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920084/