ABSTRACT
A 48-year-old man, suspected of erythema annulare centrifugum, was treated by Kampo-medicine. His clinical picture and findings were evidently consistent with those of erythema annulare centrifugum. Skin lesions, chiefly consisted of erythema with a little of exfoliation, were noticed both on the upper abdomen and on the bilateral lumbar regions.<br>Decoctions of Dai-saiko-to (Da-Chai-Hu-Tang) were mainly used for the treatment, concurrently with Keishi-bukuryo-gan (Gui-Zhi-Fu-Ling-Wan). Lumbar eruption comp letely disappeared after one month of the treatment and abdominal one also after four months without any trace of lesions.<br>The therapeutic mechanism of the skin lesions was briefly considered from both the stand point of “cell pathology” and that of “whole body pathology”.
ABSTRACT
This paper reported a patient of a tendency to somnolence well treated with “Sansonin-to”. The patient was a 52-year-old house wife, small and lean, who always felt tired and had an intense desire and tendency to sleep in spite of a lot of sleep in nights. Her abdominal tonus was rather soft, and pulsation above the navel and tenderness besides the navel were evidently noticed.<br>At first, Toki-syakuyaku-san-ka-bushi (Dang-Gui-Shao-Yao-San-Jia-Fu-Zi) and Sansonin-to (Suan-Zao-Ren-Tang) were prescribed alternately every fourth day for one month, and afterwards, Sansonin-to was given predominantly, being Toki-syakuyaku-san concurrently. After about two months, the tendency to somnolence was completely improved.<br>In view of the effective results, already reported by us, of two insomniac patients with Sansonin-to, the decoction, Sansonin-to, can be inferred to have an effective function to both insomnia and somnolence. Regardless of the procedure of “roasting or no-roasting” the seed of Zizyphus jujuba Mill before boiling and making a medical decoction, some essential compositions of the seed might be necessary to be extracted into the decoction.
ABSTRACT
A 52-year-old housewife with chalazion was non-operatively treated by Kampo-medicine.<BR>There were three chalazions on her right under eyelid and many infarcts of tarsal gland on her bilateral eyelids. Two of the three chalazions were successfully treated and the residual one became clinically non-troublesome. A large infarct of tarsal gland on her left upper eyelid disappeared through the process of conjuctival polyp formation, being well recorded photo graphically. Decoctions of derivatives of Saikokeishi-To were used for the therapy.<BR>The therapeutic mechanism of the clinical picture was briefly considered from both the stand point of “cell pathology” and that of “whole body pathology”.
ABSTRACT
A 14-year-old girl with atopic dermatitis was treated by Kampo-medicine. Both her clinical picture and laboratory findings were evidently consistent with those of atopic dermatitis. Skin Iesions were prominent on her forehead, upper eye lides, cervical region and cubital regions. The percentage of eosinophilic leucocyte was 9% before the therapy of Reikeijutsukan-To and was 1% after the therapy. The value of IgE (<500) was 3, 091 before the therapy and was 3, 567 after that. Radioallergosorbent test (RAST) was abnormal and essentially not changed before and after the therapy. The mechanism of the therapeutic effect of Reikeijutsukan-To was briefly discussed from the stand point of “whole body pathology”