A Case of Atypical Facial Pain Treated with Toki-shigyaku-ka-goshuyu-shokyo-to / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

A case of atypical facial pain treated with Toki-shigyaku-ka-goshuyu-shokyo-to was reported. The patient was a 30-year-old female with oversensitivity to cold. She had suffered from intractable atypical facial pain in her left cheek for eight years. Diagnostic images showed no organic lesion and microvascular compression along the left trigeminal nerve. Although conventional medical therapy had not been successful in relieving the pain, Toki-shigyaku-ka-goshuyu-shokyo-to, in combination with several analgetic agents, was therapeutically effective. Later, Toki-shigyaku-ka-goshuyu-shokyo-to alone was effective in relieving painful episode.