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The author treated a 70-year-old woman suffering from pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, who complained of diarrhea and bleeding, with Kampo medicine. The formula Keishi-ka-shakuyaku-daio-to-ka-bosho was prescribed, and the patient's symptoms disappeared. Approximately six months later, colonoscopy revealed normal intestinal mucosa.
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The author treated a 43-year-old woman suffering from generalized eczema with Kampo medicine. During the two months prior to coming to the author's hospital, the patient had been given topical corticosteroids for eruptions with itching in the lower extremities by a local dermatologist. The topical corticosteroids improved her skin lesions, but the effect was temporary. When she stopped using these topical corticosteroids, the eruptions not only recurred, but were larger than before. When she visited this hospital for the first time, exudative erythema and macules were seen over the upper and lower limbs and trunk. The author prescribed Byakko-ka-ninjin-to for her skin lesions. Within two weeks, her erythema and itching had improved, and within four months, her eczema had almost entirely disappeared. One year and seven months later, administration of Kampo was stopped, and there has been no recurrence since she first came for treatment (two years and five months).
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A 31-year old woman with pustulosis palmaris et plantaris was treated by Kampo-medicine. At our outpatient clinic, her skin lesions were especially prominent on her calcaneal and plantal regions of both feet, although noticed also on her palmar regions of both hands.<br>Decoctions of Keishi-ka-Ôgi-Tô was prescribed according to her Shô (signs and symptoms on whole body). Pustules apparently increased in 2 weeks after this therapy, but afterwards decreased. After 4 months, the skin regions almost disappeared. Although a slight, transient recurrence was noticed at the 10 months of this therapy, the disease was almost completely healed after 12 months.<br>The therapeutic mechanism of the skin lesions was briefly discussed from both the stand point of “Cell pathology” and that of “Whole body pathology”.
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A 19-year-old girl with atopic dermatitis was treated by Kampo-medicine. At our outpatient clinic, her skin lesions were especially prominent on her face and cervical region, although noticed also on chest, abdomen, cubital and popliteal regions.<br>At first, decoctions of Byakko-ka-Ninzin-To was prescribed in ordinary quantities of composite materials (crude drugs), and afterwards, the crude drug (Coptis japonica, Makino) was added. To improve facial flush and thirst, quantities of Coptis japonica and Gypsum were gradually increased. After 25 weeks of this therapy, the skin lesions almost disappeared, and afterwards, no remedy was needed at least for more than three years.<br>The therapeutic mechanism of the skin lesions was briefly discussed from both the stand point of “Cell pathology” and that of “Whole boby pathology”.
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A 69-year-old housewife with chronic eczema was treated by Kampo-medicine. For about 20 years, she had suffered from episodes of general eruptions every summer. At our outpatient clinic, skin lesions, chiefly consisted of papules with erosions, were noticed on bilateral external surface of the nose, the back of right hand and the back of the neck.<br>At first, decoctions of Keishibukuryo-gan-ka-Daio was prescribed for one month, and afterwards, Keishibukuryo-gan-ka-Daio Yokuinin for the rest. The lesions was completely improved after two or five months of the treatment, and the other skin lesions appeared on bilateral forearms, disappearing also after two or three months of the same design of the treatment. After the therapy by Kampo-medicine, no skin lesions were noticed at least for more than two years.<br>The therapeutic mechanism of the skin lesions was briefly discussed from both the stand point of “Cell pathology” and that of “Whole body pathology”.