Kobokushichimotsuto (Mongolia Seven Combination); Its Mechanism of Disease and Application
10.3937/kampomed.62.649
- VernacularTitle:厚朴七物湯の病態とその運用
- Author:
Yoshihiro FUKUTA
;
Shinji OKA
;
Mizuho KOBAYASHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
kobokushichimotsuto (magnolia seven combination);
keishito (cinnamon combination);
kobokusammotsuto (magnolia three combination)
- From:Kampo Medicine
2011;62(5):649-659
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Based on our own 35 cases treated with kobokushichimotsuto as well as our predecessors' experience and their opinions, we investigated the drug's mechanism of action and its background indications. Our predecessors' opinions seem to be divided into two groups. Group A : An external pattern/syndrome (a keishito indication) of external contraction, followed by an interior heat pattern/syndrome (a kobokusammotsuto indication) appear. Mechanism of disease wise, this means that both external and internal patterns/syndromes exist at the same time. Because an internal pattern/syndrome is heavier than an external one, both patterns/syndromes are simultaneously treated, by making both medicinals bound together. Group B : Internal heat due to yang exuberance with yin debilitation is the mechanism of disease here. In group A, cause of disease is classed as a true heat pattern/syndrome. In group B, depending whether the internal heat belongs to either true heat or false type, deficiency and excess of pulse/abdominal patterns/syndromes change, and appetite differs. In either group, no peony is used to cope with the chest pattern/syndrome induced by the progression of gastric heat into the chest. Our cases consisted of upper respiratory illnesses with appetite loss, gastrointestinal diseases with chest oppression, respiratory diseases and intestinal obstructions. Kobokushichimotsuto, however, can be applied to neuroses, mental disorders and low back pains.
