Changes in the Surface Temperature of the Skin of the Abdomen Caused by Administration of Keishi-bukuryo-gan.
10.3937/kampomed.50.851
- VernacularTitle:桂枝ふく苓丸の急性投与による腹部皮膚表面温度の変化
- Author:
Yuji SHIOTANI
;
Yutaka SHIMADA
;
Hirozo GOTO
;
Takashi ITO
;
Katsutoshi TERASAWA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Keishi-bukuryo-gan;
blood stagnation (Oketsu);
the surface temperature of the skin of the abdomen;
Thermography
- From:Kampo Medicine
2000;50(5):851-860
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Currently, Keishi-bukuryo-gan is widely used for overcoming blood stagnation, and is most frequently used for adult women with blood stagnation (Oketsu) presenting the cold and hot flush (rush in the bust and cold in the lower half of the body) such as menopausal disorder. This time, we carried out thermographic tests for two groups: the patients with subjective symptoms of the cold and hot flush (group 1:8 adult women) and patients with subjective symptoms of cold sensation only in the lower limbs (group 2:8 adult women).
In the first group the difference between the surface temperature of the skin of the upper abdomen and that of the lower abdomen was more significant as compared with the second group. We also observed both groups for 60 minutes after administration of Keishi-bukuryo-gan. In the second group the surface temperature of the skin of both upper and lower abdomen decreased. In the first group, however, the skin temperature of the upper abdomen decreased but that of the lower abdomen increased in reverse, and the difference of the temperature between the upper abdomen and lower abdomen was reduced. This means Keishi-bukuryo-gan worked for improving “the cold and hot flush, ” i. e., the imbalance of the endocrine system and autonomic nervous system.
The findings suggest that Keishi-bukuryo-gan treatments for hot flush, which is the increase of the skin temperature caused by telangiectasis of the skin of the upper body, may increase the blood flow in the lower abdomen and improve pelvic congestion, which is one of the conditions of blood stagnation, as well as decreasing the skin temperature by contracting peripheral vessels.
