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The patient was an 80-year-old woman who had been suffering from paroxysmal vomiting with diarrhea about twice a month for 3 years. She had these symptoms at around 11:00 am every time and got over them after a rest for about 20 minutes. Though no abnormality was detected by the inspections in the gastroenterology and the cardiology, the interval of her attacks became short. These symptoms were treated with ryokeijutsukanto. We conclude that the pathogeneses of this case were excessive accumulation of fluids in epigastrium caused by the lack of stomach qi, and that these were ameliorated by the effect of ryokeijutsukanto mainly in nourishing stomach qi and cleaning away excessive accumulation of water. There is a report that the stuffiness and rigidity below the heart shows the presence of excessive accumulation of fluids in epigastrium, and this case suggests the possibility that this symptom of abdominal diagnosis by palpation is seen only during an attack.
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A 7 year-old male patient who suffer from trigeminal trophic syndrome following herpes zoster was treated with a combination of rokumigan and sansoninto. We conclude that the pathogeneses in this case were excessive rises in liver yang and liver wind caused by yin deficiencies of the kidneys and liver, and that these were ameliorated by the effect of the rokumigan and sansoninto combination in nourishing kidney yin, clearing away heat-evil, and eliminating restlessness.
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Taiki is a kind of fundamental vital energy filling the upper aspect of the body, and it can fall because of stress, heavy labor, diarrhea, excessive intake of drugs for regulating the flow of vital energy, or extreme deficiency in vital energy.We report the case of a 39 year old female patient who complained of dyspnea, psychic enervation, and other symptoms of falling taiki from the upper aspect of the body, caused by taking a cathartic drug (mashiningan) for constipation, while being treated for agitation and emotional incontinence. Shokanto improved this state of falling taiki from the upper aspect of the body.
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We report a case of a 65-year old man who suffered from hyperhydrosis for 15 years and was treated with the combined formulation of hangekobokuto and ryokeijutsukanto as determined by Kampo diagnosis according to traditional logic. Not only excessive sweating but also complications such as a feeling of obstruction in the throat, palpitation at rest, panting at times of light work, and a feeling of residual urine were diagnosed. We conclude that these symptoms were induced by a dysfunction of the qi (vital energy) and jin (nourishing fluids) circulation between the upper and the middle aspect of the body caused by the existence of wet phlegm, which were ameliorated by the effects of eliminating phlegm, and regulating stagnated or regurgitated qi with this combined formulation.