A Case Report on Generalized Eczema Successfully Treated with Byakko-ka-ninjin-to / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

The author treated a 43-year-old woman suffering from generalized eczema with Kampo medicine. During the two months prior to coming to the author's hospital, the patient had been given topical corticosteroids for eruptions with itching in the lower extremities by a local dermatologist. The topical corticosteroids improved her skin lesions, but the effect was temporary. When she stopped using these topical corticosteroids, the eruptions not only recurred, but were larger than before. When she visited this hospital for the first time, exudative erythema and macules were seen over the upper and lower limbs and trunk. The author prescribed Byakko-ka-ninjin-to for her skin lesions. Within two weeks, her erythema and itching had improved, and within four months, her eczema had almost entirely disappeared. One year and seven months later, administration of Kampo was stopped, and there has been no recurrence since she first came for treatment (two years and five months).