Effect of Ninjinyouei-to in Patients with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease(MCTD).
10.3937/kampomed.45.351
- VernacularTitle:混合性結合組織病に対する人参養栄湯の有用性について
- Author:
Masahiko TANAKA
;
Hiroshi OMATA
;
Teruhiko SUZUKI
;
Shuji OHNO
;
Yutaka DOHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Kampo Medicine
1994;45(2):351-357
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
An attack of Raynaud's Phenomenon (RP) is characterized by blanching of the fingers in response to cold or emotional stimuli.
We analyzed the effect of ninjinyouei-to on RP in patients with MCTD. Subjects in this study comprised 19 patients, two males and 17 females, with a mean age of 38 years, and a mean duration of disease of 57.6 months. The study was performed at a time when RP occurred frequently in our country, that is in the period from November 1992 to March 1993.
We administered 9.0g of ninjinyouei-to to each case for four weeks and measured the surface skin temperature of the hands before and after medication with a thermograph using a Thermoviewer-JTG 3300.
There was a significantly higher temperature on the left first finger-tip after medication. Our thermographic findings in this study demonstrate a quantitative efficacy of ninjinyouei-to on RP in MCTD.
