A Case of Granuloma Annulare Successfully Treated with a Combination of Orengedokuto and Maobushisaishinto
10.3937/kampomed.65.23
- VernacularTitle:環状肉芽腫症に黄連解毒湯と麻黄附子細辛湯の 併用が有効であった一例
- Author:
Shizuka OTA
;
Hiromi MAEDA
;
Yui ITO
;
Koso UEDA
;
Akihito YOSHIMURA
;
Junichiro DOKURA
;
Jun IWANAGA
;
Hiromi YANO
;
Hisashi INUZUKA
;
Eiichi TAHARA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
granuloma annulare;
orengedokuto;
maobushisaishinto
- From:Kampo Medicine
2014;65(1):23-27
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
A 68-year-old female had been diagnosed with granuloma annulare a year earlier. She was prescribed tranilast and was recovering, but had to discontinue the tranilast because she suffered liver damage as a side effect.
She was also suffering from a worsening rash and so decided to try Kampo medicine. We prescribed orengedokuto because of thermal symptoms suggestive of hot flushes, the appearance of her tongue, and the character of her rash. Initially, the rash improved, but from the 3rd day following admission did not change greatly. We suspected the existence of interior cold and started combining maobushisaishinto. Five days later, the granulomas had rapidly shrunk. We believe she had overlapping diseases of a yin and yang pattern from the fact that she improved clinically.
