A case report on atopic dermatitis well treated with decoctions of derivatives of "Byakko-To" / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

A 19-year-old girl with atopic dermatitis was treated by Kampo-medicine. At our outpatient clinic, her skin lesions were especially prominent on her face and cervical region, although noticed also on chest, abdomen, cubital and popliteal regions.<br>At first, decoctions of Byakko-ka-Ninzin-To was prescribed in ordinary quantities of composite materials (crude drugs), and afterwards, the crude drug (Coptis japonica, Makino) was added. To improve facial flush and thirst, quantities of Coptis japonica and Gypsum were gradually increased. After 25 weeks of this therapy, the skin lesions almost disappeared, and afterwards, no remedy was needed at least for more than three years.<br>The therapeutic mechanism of the skin lesions was briefly discussed from both the stand point of “Cell pathology” and that of “Whole boby pathology”.