A Case of Postherpetic Neuralgia Successfuly Controlled with 3 Kampo Medicines which Bushi Commonly / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

A 77-year-old woman who had suffered from herpes zoster five months previously in her right T5, 6 region consulted the author with complaints of insomnia and appetite loss due to postherpetic neuralgia. Administration of the Kampo extract Mao-bushi-saishin-to (NC127) brought about marked improvement in the pain, and the patient was able to sleep from that night onward. Later, Keishi-ka-jutsubu-to (TJ18) was given, reducing the pain still further. When Kakou-Bushi-Matsu (SO1) was added, the pain disappeared almost entirely.<br>This clinical course suggests that it was the Bushi (Aconiti Tuber), which was the only crude drug common to all three Kampo products, that was largely responsible for the analgesic effect.