ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 36-year-old male who presented with an abdominal complaint after straightening of irregular teeth. He was examined and treated, however, the cause of the abdominal complaint could not be determined and the treatment was ineffective. He was treated in our clinic with yokukansankachinpihange for obvious pulsation in the supraumbilical region following the oral tradition of Kampo medicine, and the symptom gradually disappeared. We discussed the mechanism of the stomachache in Kampo medicine. After treatment, this case was diagnosed as somatoform autonomic dysfunction in psychiatric medicine. Advanced treatment by a psychiatrist was necessary to treat this disease in psychiatric medicine. In this case it is suggested that treatment following the oral tradition of Kampo medicine was effective.
ABSTRACT
In the treatment of climacteric disorders, evaluation of menopausal women based on personal and overall aspects of their sho condition has been found to be useful. This form of treatment is considered particularly useful for patients who cannot, or do not wish to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT). In this paper, we present the cases of patients who were assessed using sho and the Kampo medical index, and given successful treatment using kuoketsuzai (drugs for overcoming oketsu) and yokukansankachinpihange.
ABSTRACT
Case 1 was a 40-year-old woman who used a facial treatment machine and felt burning facial pain at night.She then felt unpleasantness in her facial skin all day long and was too uncomfortable to leave her home. We prescribed kamikihito. Ten days later, she felt the positive effects of treatment. Forty-five days later, she did not feel the unpleasantness on her facial skin, and she was able to go out again. Case 2 was a 36-year-old woman who had intense inflammation of her face, because she had stopped treatment with a steroid ointment.After 6 months, her face still felt hot and strange, which decreased her quality of life. We prescribed yokukan sankachinpihange. Four weeks later, she felt the positive effects of the treatment, and 14 weeks later, she was able to restart her part-time job. Because both of these cases had received various types of conventional medi cal therapy in the beginning that were not effective, their Kampo therapy was begun a long after the start of their abnormal facial sensation symptoms. Kampo therapy demonstrated a positive effect after approximately one month in both of these refractory cases. Thus we recommend Kampo medicines for the treatment of abnor mal facial sensations.