A Case of Falling of Taiki from the Upper Aspect of the Body Caused by Taking a Kind of Cathartic Drug
10.3937/kampomed.60.533
- Author:
Takerou TAKAMURA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
falling taiki from the upper aspect of the body;
shokanto;
cathartic drug
- MeSH:
Energy, Physics;
Vital;
Cathartics;
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- From:Kampo Medicine
2009;60(5):533-537
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Taiki is a kind of fundamental vital energy filling the upper aspect of the body, and it can fall because of stress, heavy labor, diarrhea, excessive intake of drugs for regulating the flow of vital energy, or extreme deficiency in vital energy.We report the case of a 39 year old female patient who complained of dyspnea, psychic enervation, and other symptoms of falling taiki from the upper aspect of the body, caused by taking a cathartic drug (mashiningan) for constipation, while being treated for agitation and emotional incontinence. Shokanto improved this state of falling taiki from the upper aspect of the body.
