The Effect of Bukuryo-kyonin-kanzo-to for Chronic Respiratory Disease. A Four-Case Study.
10.3937/kampomed.46.91
- VernacularTitle:慢性呼吸器疾患に対するぶく苓杏仁甘草湯の効果 ４症例の報告
- Author:
Takashi ITOH
;
Toshiaki KITA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Bronchial asthma;
bronchiectasia;
Bukuryo-kyonin-kanzo-to;
cough variant asthma;
interstitial pneumonia with systemic sclerosis
- From:Kampo Medicine
1995;46(1):91-99
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
In this paper, we report four patients with chronic respiratory diseases who improved by administration of Bukuryo-kyonin-kanzo-to.
A 66-year-old female diagnosed as bronchial asthma could increase the peak flow rate and stopped western medicines by its administration. A 63-year-old female suspected to have cough variant asthma and an 08-year-old female diagnosed as having bronchiectasia with cough and dyspnea on exertion improved gradually after a few months of treatment. A 62-year-old female diagnosed as having interstitial pneumonia with systemic sclerosis showed improvement of cough and dyspnea. The erythrocyte sedimentaion rate and serum lactate dehydrogenase decreased and arterial oxygen pressure increased by its administration. This report and past reports seem to indicate that a patient profile which can be expected to be responsive to this formula is: elderly female, cough worse at night, chest dyspnea, and epigastric tenderness and muscle guarding. This drug was considered to have wider applications for chronic respiratory disease.
