A case report on atopic dermatitis well treated with decoctions of derivatives of "Byakko-To".
10.3937/kampomed.39.23
- VernacularTitle:白虎湯の加味方が奏功したアトピー性皮膚炎の一経験例
- Author:
Hiromasa ONDA
;
Hiroaki OKAMOTO
;
Kenzo MORIYAMA
;
Tomonori SHIBUYA
;
Shuji AMEMIYA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Kampo Medicine
1988;39(1):23-28
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
A 19-year-old girl with atopic dermatitis was treated by Kampo-medicine. At our outpatient clinic, her skin lesions were especially prominent on her face and cervical region, although noticed also on chest, abdomen, cubital and popliteal regions.
At first, decoctions of Byakko-ka-Ninzin-To was prescribed in ordinary quantities of composite materials (crude drugs), and afterwards, the crude drug (Coptis japonica, Makino) was added. To improve facial flush and thirst, quantities of Coptis japonica and Gypsum were gradually increased. After 25 weeks of this therapy, the skin lesions almost disappeared, and afterwards, no remedy was needed at least for more than three years.
The therapeutic mechanism of the skin lesions was briefly discussed from both the stand point of “Cell pathology” and that of “Whole boby pathology”.
