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This study was designed to investigate the relationships between the tendencies toward Type A behavior pattern (TABP) and sports injuries. A total of 2164 (1631 males and 533 females) athletes from several colleges in Japan, volunteered for this study. They were divided into two groups ; an injury group and a non-injury group. KG's Daily Life Questionnaire was used to investigate the tendency of TABP. Our hypothesis was that Type A individuals showed higher occurrences of sports injury than Type B individuals. Most of the results in this study supported our hypothesis. To put it concretely, the injury group showed higher TABP tendency than the non-injury group. And the higher TABP score group showed higher occurrence of injury experiences than those of low score group. Therefore, there was a possibility that TABP tendency of athletes might be one of the informations to prevent sports injuries.
ABSTRACT
In the classical Oriental medical texts the “Shang Han Lun” and the “Jin Kui Yao Lue”, no clear distinction is made between Atractylodes japonica and Atractylodes lancea. Even today, no sharp critical distinction is made between the usage of these crude drugs in Kampo formulas. The authors have attempted to elucidate the differences in their clinical effect by investigating the way patients reacted when the two crude drugs were interchanged in Kampo formulas the patients were taking.<br>It was found that Atractylodes lancea was more effective than Atractylodes japonica for patients with arthralgia. Of the effective cases, 60% reported that the formula had a pleasant taste, while 9% reported it tasted bad. This suggested that taste may play a significant role in patient's responses to Kampo formulas.
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The results of a trial treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis using combined Kampo and conventional drug therapy are reported.<br>A 79-year-old female with a chief complaint of pruritis was diagnosed as having primary biliary cirrhosis because of elevations in serum alkaline phosphatase, serum bilirubin, serum IgM, and positive tests for antimitochondrial antibodies and anti-M2.<br>In accordance with the Kampo diagnosis, she was first treated with Shinbu-to, which, however, did not cause any clinical alleviaton of the itching. Shishihakuhi-to was then given concomitantly, which resulted in the disappearance of the pruritis on the second day. Ursodeoxycholic acid was also added to her treatment from the 2nd month on. The serum level of bilirubin was observed to decrease gradually thereafter.<br>This case suggests that Kampo therapy, combined with the Western medical drug ursodeoxycholic acid, may be effective in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis.