ABSTRACT
An oropharyngeal cancer patient often suffers from dysphagia either due to their disease or as a consequence of their treatment. Here we report a case of a 61-year-old female with the oropharyngeal cancer-related dysphagia, which was effectively treated with Kampo medicine. After four weeks of treatment with hangekobokuto, her swallowing function was improving. Concomitant use of bakumondoto reduced a feeling of xerostomia. She could return to work. The treatment with Kampo medicine might be effective to reduce the cancer-related symptoms and to improve the quality of life of the cancer patients.
ABSTRACT
We treated a pediatric patient suffered from anxiety disorder with ogikenchuto in combination with Western medicine. The case was a teenage girl with long-term neck pain. After entering junior high school, she had palpitations and was afraid while interacting with other students, experienced headaches, struggled to get out of bed in the morning, and developed anorexia and dizziness upon standing up. She was diagnosed with anxiety disorder and orthostatic dysregulation (OD) associated with autistic disorder at a pediatrics department. Pediatricians prescribed aripiprazole and midodrine hydrochloride. And she was referred to our department for treatment with Kampo medicine. Her condition was presumed to be various deficiencies with kikyo, kigyaku, suitai, and kankikyo. She was prescribed 9 g of ogikenchuto extract per day, and the symptoms improved. Kankikyo should be considered for OD patients with psychosomatic symptoms, and ogikenchuto may be one of the prescription drugs for such condition.