Systemic Kampo Treatment for Dermatologic Diseases
10.3937/kampomed.60.135
- Author:
Fumino NINOMIYA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Ki;
Ketsu;
Sui;
urticaria;
stress;
palmoplantar sweating;
palmoplantar sweat volume test;
goshakusan;
keishikaryukotsuboreito;
bukuryoshigyakuto
- MeSH:
Urticaria;
Medicine, Kampo;
Systemic;
Dermatologic;
Therapeutic procedure
- From:Kampo Medicine
2009;60(2):135-144
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
In Kampo medicine, chronic dermatitis is considered to be associated with unstable interaction among Ki, Ketsu and Sui. Urticaria is resistant to standard treatments in modern western medicine, so we applied a Kampo approach to improve imbalance among Ki, Ketsu and Sui. In this paper, we report three cases of chronic urticaria treated with Kampo medicines, i.e., main prescriptions with goshakusan for urticaria with anemia, keishikaryukotsuboreito for urticaria with stress, and bukuryoshigyakuto for cold urticaria with stress. We examined changes in palmoplantar sweating in response to the treatments to evaluate improvement in the circulation of Ki.The importance of Ki, Ketsu and Sui in chronic diseases was emphasized by Nangai Yoshimasu and Gonzan Goto as early as the Edo period. Urticaria is regarded as being due to disturbances of Ketsu and Sui that are often caused by systemic Ki disorders. Therefore, we consider that it is important to improve Ki stagnation in “spleen”, “lung” and “kidney” in the treatment of urticaria.
