A report on a patient, suspected of erythema annulare centrifugum, well treated with "Dai-saiko-to"
10.3937/kampomed.37.95
- VernacularTitle:大柴胡湯の奏効した遠心性環状紅斑と思われる一症例
- Author:
Hiromasa ONDA
;
Hisahiko TANIKAWA
;
Tomonori SHIBUYA
;
Hiroaki OKAMOTO
;
Kenzo MORIYAMA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Kampo Medicine
1986;37(2):95-101
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
A 48-year-old man, suspected of erythema annulare centrifugum, was treated by Kampo-medicine. His clinical picture and findings were evidently consistent with those of erythema annulare centrifugum. Skin lesions, chiefly consisted of erythema with a little of exfoliation, were noticed both on the upper abdomen and on the bilateral lumbar regions.
Decoctions of Dai-saiko-to (Da-Chai-Hu-Tang) were mainly used for the treatment, concurrently with Keishi-bukuryo-gan (Gui-Zhi-Fu-Ling-Wan). Lumbar eruption comp letely disappeared after one month of the treatment and abdominal one also after four months without any trace of lesions.
The therapeutic mechanism of the skin lesions was briefly considered from both the stand point of “cell pathology” and that of “whole body pathology”.
