The Age-Related Effects of Different Kampo Medicines on Dysmenorrhea / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

Fifty-six patients who complained of dysmenorrhea received different Kampo medicines for eight weeks or more according to the therapeutic practices of oriental medicine. With patients in their teens and 20s, there was more functional dysmenorrhea than organic dysmenorrhea. The frequency of organic dysmenorrhea increased with patients in their 30s and 40s.<br>Thirty-six of the patients had functional dysmenorrhea. The improvement rate was very high (over 90 percent) in those who continued to take the medicine for eight weeks. Twenty patients had organic dysmenorrhea. The improvement rate in this group was about 70 percent. Kampo medicine proved to be very useful for the patients with functional and organic dysmenorrhea.<br>Five typical cases, three functional and two organic, were analyzed in this paper.