A Case of Involuntary Movements Treated with Yokukansankashakuyakukoboku
10.3937/kampomed.67.178
- VernacularTitle:抑肝散加芍薬厚朴に良好な反応を示した不随意運動の1例
- Author:
Hiroshi KOIKE
;
Yuko HORIBA
;
Kenji WATANABE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
yokukansan;
yokukansankashakuyakukoboku;
involuntary movement;
adjustment disorder;
the addition of yokukansan for catatonic excitement
- From:Kampo Medicine
2016;67(2):178-183
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
We report the case of a 17-year-old male who had involuntary movements treated with yokukansankashakuyakukoboku. He had first recognized the involuntary movement 6 years previously. His symptom could not be alleviated with neurological and psychological treatments, and he visited our clinic for treatment with Kampo medicine. His symptom gradually alleviated with yokukansankashakuyakukoboku. The ancient physician Sekki (薛已) created yokukansan in China's Ming Dynasty. Yokukansan and its various add-on combinations were used in the Edo Era of Japan. Keisetsu Ohtsuka then created yokukansankashakuyakukoboku, which is however now rarely used because there is no extract drug in Japan. There are markedly nervous patients however, who can be treated with this formula. Thus, the authors feel that more research needs to be done on the differences between yokukansan and yokukansankashakuyakukoboku.
