A Case Report of Aerophagia Successfully Treated with Bukuryotakushato-Based Kampo Medicine

VernacularTitle:呑気症に茯苓沢瀉湯を中心とした漢方治療が有効であった1例
Author: Masafumi MURAI ¹ ; Takafumi YATSU ¹ ; Kanako MAKI ² ; Noriko KOBAYASHI ³
Author Information

1. Social Medical Corporation Teijinkai Shinsapporo Hibarigaoka Hospital
2. Social Medical Corporation Hokkaido Keiaikai Department of Respiratory Medicine Sapporo Minami Ichijo Hospital
3. Department of Gynecology, Hokkaido University Hospital
Keywords: aerophagia; bukuryotakushato; ihon; belching
From:Kampo Medicine 2023;74(4):321-325
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: A 20-year-old woman had a tendency of belching from a young age. She began to realize that she might have excessive belching compared to other people for the past two years. She was prescribed some medicines to improve gastrointestinal function by some physicians, but her symptoms did not resolve. Aerophagia was suspected as forceful belching tends to occur soon after eating or drinking. Incidentally, ihon is a condition in which one vomits food half a day after the ingestion due to the malfunction of the digestive system. I considered her symptoms as ihon and prescribed bukuryotakushato, and her symptoms improved. This case report indicated that ihon could be defined as a symptom of forceful regurgitation of food or air, regardless of the timing after meals.