A Case of Glaucoma Successfully Treated with Hangekobokuto
10.3937/kampomed.66.208
- VernacularTitle:緑内障に対して半夏厚朴湯が有効であった1例
- Author:
Cheolsun HAN
;
Nobuyasu SEKIYA
;
Hideki OKAMOTO
;
Yoshiro HIRASAKI
;
Keigo UEDA
;
Akio YAGI
;
Takao NAMIKI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Kampo medicine;
hangekobokuto;
glaucoma
- From:Kampo Medicine
2015;66(3):208-211
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We reported a case of a 69-year-old male who had been diagnosed with left eye glaucoma with surgical indication complicated by an eyesight view obstacle. His left intraocular pressure did not decrease regardless of the eye drop treatment he underwent at another hospital. At the initial visit to our hospital, his left intraocular pressure was 27 mmHg. As we noted marked tympanitic sounds in his abdomen, we prescribed hangekobokuto. After one month of his medication, his left eye intraocular pressure fell to 22 mmHg ; furthermore, the marked abdominal tympanitic sounds disappeared. Two years after his initial treatment, his left intraocular pressure still stayed generally within the normal range, and it did not require surgery. In this case, predominant sympathetic nervous system may have been the mechanism behind some cases of increased intraocular pressure ; therefore, the possibility that hangekobokuto reduces intraocular pressure by acting on this was suggested. As there have been no such reports that hangekobokuto itself has an effect on intraocular pressure decrease, this is considered as a novel case.
