Kampo Treatment through Lactation for Skin Deseases of Infants / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

When the Kampo treatment is considered for skin diseases of infants, difficulties arise because of the medicine's smell and taste. One of the ways is to give Kampo medicine to their mothers with the expectation that Kampo medicine will be transfered to the infant through lactation. The results of this treatment of ten infants are reported here. One suffered from seborrheic eczema and nine from atopic dermatitis. Nine out of ten cases were cured by the treatment of Kampo medicine in periods ranging from one month to one year and four months. The other case had to continue Kampo medicine by himself for one year and seven months after discontinuance of breast feeding. This therapeutic way is also good for the mothers with atopic dermatitis. In cases of atopic dermatitis in both mothers and children, children improved in a rather short period compared to their mothers. As a result, for the treatment of the skin diseases of infants, administration of Kampo medicine to their mother should be considered.