Two Cases of Chronic Hepatitis B Successfully Treated with Hochuekkito-go-Keishibukuryogan / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

We successfully treated two chronic hepatitis B patients with Hochuekkito-go-Keishibukuryogan. Case 1 was a 27-year-old male diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B in 1998, who had received interferon (IFN) therapy. Liver function tests did not improve with this therapy. He visited the department of Japanese Oriental Medicine at Yukiguni-Yamato Hospital, complaining of fatigue, on **********. We initiated treatment with Hochuekkito-go-Keishibukuryogan. At two months of treatment, marked improvement in liver function tests was noted, with normalization of ALT, seroconversion (SC) and negative HBV-DNA. Case 2 was a 26-year-old male diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B in 2001 who had received IFN therapy. Seven months after termination of this therapy, on **********, he visited our department for a flare-up of hepatitis. Treatment with Hochuekkito-go-Keishibukuryogan was begun. Almost immediately, marked improvements were observed in the form of ALT and SC normalizations, and only slightly positive HBV-DNA.