Analysis of Oketsu (blood stagnation) State in the Pathophysiology of Bronchial Asthma.
10.3937/kampomed.50.241
- VernacularTitle:気管支ぜん息におけるお血病態の解析
- Author:
Kazunori MURAKAMI
;
Yosuke EGASHIRA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
bronchial asthma;
Oketsu;
steroid;
severity
- From:Kampo Medicine
1999;50(2):241-245
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
It is known that Kiutsu state (obstruction of qi) is frequently observed in bronchial asthma. We found that Oketsu (blood stagnation) state is also observed in such patients. In the present study, we analyzed the Oketsu state in 70 asthma patients. Oketsu state was evaluated by Oketsu score (OS) by Dr. Terasawa. OS was significantly elevated in asthmatic patients, and it increased depending on the severity of the asthma. OS was no different in atopic asthma and non-atopic asthma. OS was significantly high in oral steroid treated patients. However, when the object is restricted only in the moderate state, OS was no different between the steroid treated group and the non-steroid treated group. From these results, we conclude that the Oketsu state is deeply interacted with asthma and that low dose oral steroid administration does not seem to worsen the Oketsu state in patients with asthma. We should follow the OS before and after the administration of steroids to test this hypothesis. We will investigate it in the near future.
