Four Cases Successfully Treated with Saikokeishito Based on an Abdominal Painful Point, Shinkashiketsu
10.3937/kampomed.65.197
- VernacularTitle:中脘の圧痛点を根拠に柴胡桂枝湯を応用し著効を得た四症例
- Author:
Katsutoshi TERASAWA
;
Koichi YOKOYAMA
;
Toru KOBAYASHI
;
Makoto SUMIKOSHI
;
Atsushi CHINO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
saikokeishito;
painful point at the epigastrium;
shinkashiketsu
- From:Kampo Medicine
2014;65(3):197-201
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Previously, the authors reported that a painful point at the epigastrium may be closely related with the term “shinkashiketsu” for the Kampo formulation saikokeishito (SKT) which was described in the textbook, shoukanron. In order to find conclusive evidence for our hypothesis, we tried SKT in four patients, whose chief complaints were headache, epigastralgia with headache, irritable bowel syndrome, and anorexia due to Behcet's disease. In this trial, we obtained satisfactory clinical results, which strongly suggest that the symptom of a painful epigastral point correlates with the term shinkashiketsu in the shoukanron description.
