ABSTRACT
There are multiple options for treating hyperhidrosis, including Kampo medicine. However, as for acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis, steroid therapy is the only way to treat the patients. There are few clinical reports including Kampo treatment for anhidrosis. We report a case in which keishikaogito based prescriptions were effective in treating symptoms caused by decreased sweating. A 69-year-old woman visited our institute in June 201X, complaining of reduced sweating and abnormal feelings about body temperature. Her physician prescribed various sorts of Kampo medicines, but no improvement had been shown. We considered that she was not able to sweat and had water accumulation under her skin. She was given Keishikaogito based prescriptions, and she came to sweat spontaneously and abnormal feeling about body temperature improved. Honzo-biyo says “Astragalus promotes sweating if there is no sweating, stops it if there is sweating.” Keisetsu Otsuka said in Kinki-yoryaku-kowa that Astragalus works in both cases with too much and too little water. Kampo treatment especially containing Astragalus can be effective for sweating disorders.
ABSTRACT
Keishi-ka-ogi-to or Keishi-ka-ryukotsu-borei-to was administered to two patients with bronchia asthma. Patient 1 was a 52-year-old woman, and patient 2 was a 40-year-old man. In both cases, asthma attacks began in adulthood and occurred in any season. According to the criterion of asthma severity established by the Japanese Society of Allergology, patient 1 was severe and patient 2 was moderate. Patient 1 was in the condition of hypofunctioning (Kyo-Sho), and her asthmatic state was improved with administration of the Kampo extract, Keishi-ka-ogi-to, which is a kind of Ho-zai. Patient 2 was a case of psycho-modified asthma and his asthmatic state was improved with administration of the Kampo extract, Keishi-ka-ryukotsu-borei-to, which is a kind of tranquilizer (An-shin-zai).