A Case of Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Successfully Treated with Ryokankyomishingeninto / 日本東洋医学雑誌

Number of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients tend to increase in middle and older aged people. They have shown a certain degree of improvement with various Western medicine treatments including smoking cessation guidance, rehabilitation, home oxygen therapy, inhalation therapy and so on. However, it is a clinical problem that some elderly people have acute exacerbations frequently due to infectious diseases and have poor prognoses. This time, we experienced an elderly COPD patient with type II respiratory failure. He was repeatedly hospitalized and needed treatment with a ventilator temporarily. We conducted Kampo medical examination on him, and diagnosed that he had cold state in the lungs. So, we administered ryokankyomishingeninto to him. As a result, he recovered dramatically, and he was never hospitalized again due to respiratory failure for a long time. It is suggested that ryokankyomishingeninto may be effective for some COPD patients who have cold state in the lungs.

Two Cases Successfully Treated with Tsumyakushigyakuto of Aconite Root Instead of Processed Aconite Root / 日本東洋医学雑誌

We report two cases successfully treated with tsumyakushigyakuto containing aconite root (<I>uzu</I>), instead of processed aconite root (<I>bushi</I>). The first case was a 33-year-old female. She had suffered from itching rashes in spite of being prescribed tsumyakushigyakuto with processed aconite root. Because she was in an extreme cold state, we changed the processed aconite root in her tsumyakushigyakuto to aconite root. Her itching rashes subsequently improved. The second case was a 42-year-old male. He had suffered from watery diarrhea and general fatigue in spite of being prescribed tsumyakushigyakuto with processed aconite root. Because he was in an extreme cold state, we changed the processed aconite root in his tsumyakushigyakuto to aconite root, and his watery diarrhea and general fatigue improved.<BR>We consider that using tsumyakushigyakuto with aconite root may be more effective than using it with processed aconite root in an extreme cold state.

Two Cases Successfully Treated with Tsumyakushigyakuto of Aconite Root Instead of Processed Aconite Root / 日本東洋医学雑誌

We report two cases successfully treated with tsumyakushigyakuto containing aconite root (<i>uzu</i>), instead of processed aconite root (<i>bushi</i>). The first case was a 33-year-old female. She had suffered from itching rashes in spite of being prescribed tsumyakushigyakuto with processed aconite root. Because she was in an extreme cold state, we changed the processed aconite root in her tsumyakushigyakuto to aconite root. Her itching rashes subsequently improved. The second case was a 42-year-old male. He had suffered from watery diarrhea and general fatigue in spite of being prescribed tsumyakushigyakuto with processed aconite root. Because he was in an extreme cold state, we changed the processed aconite root in his tsumyakushigyakuto to aconite root, and his watery diarrhea and general fatigue improved.We consider that using tsumyakushigyakuto with aconite root may be more effective than using it with processed aconite root in an extreme cold state.