A Case of Cyclic Neutropenia Treated by Uzu-zai with Mengen, Unexpected Reaction
10.3937/kampomed.61.732
- VernacularTitle:烏頭剤による瞑眩を伴い改善した周期性好中球減少症の一例
- Author:
Hiromi YANO
;
Eiichi TAHARA
;
Minoru OHTAKE
;
Shizuk OHTA
;
Masafumi MURAI
;
Jun IWANAGA
;
Masaki KUBOTA
;
Hisashi INUTSUKA
;
Hideo KIMURA
;
Kazumichi KURIYAMA
;
Tadamichi MITSUMA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cyclic neutropenia;
cold syndrome;
uzukeishito;
daiuzusen;
mengen
- From:Kampo Medicine
2010;61(5):732-739
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
A 51-year-old male with cyclic neutropenia, on whom we previously reported, was admitted to our hospital with severe abdominal pain and diarrhea four years and seven months after his last hospitalization. Since then, he has received Kampo treatment at our hospital every three weeks, with good clinical results. This time, he was at first treated with Kampo daikenchuto combined with bushikobeito, which had been effective during his last hospitalization, although this time the remedy had no effect. From the viewpoint of Japanese traditional (Kampo) medicine, it was considered that the patient had severe cold syndrome. He was given uzukeishito three times a day (at 10.00, 15.00 and 20.00 hours). The dose of uzu in uzukeishito was gradually increased. Daiuzusen, in which the dose of uzu (an aconite) was 1g or 2g, was also administered five times a day due to the patient's very severe abdominal pain. On the fourth day of uzukeishito administration, the patient felt very hot and still had severe abdominal pain, although this pain was different from the previous pain, thirty minutes after daiuzusen (with 2g dose of uzu) was administered. This reaction can better be explained as mengen rather than uzu poisoning. Very soon he had a good appetite, his abdominal pain was reduced and the cycle of neutropenia was normalized. The case suggests that in cases of very severe cold syndrome, frequent and high-dose administration of aconite component medicine can be effective.
