Investigation of Clinical Indications of Hangekobokuto
10.3937/kampomed.58.481
- Author:
Nobuyasu SEKIYA
;
Katsumi HAYASHI
;
Atsushi CHINO
;
Yuji KASAHARA
;
Takao NAMIKI
;
Takeshi TATSUMI
;
Toshiaki KOGURE
;
Naotoshi SHIBAHARA
;
Yoshiro HIRASAKI
;
Katsutoshi TERASAWA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hangekobokuto;
ki-utsu (ki obstruction);
suitai (disorders of body fluid metabolism);
sense of incongruity in interscapular region;
feeling of a small item of food obstructing the throat
- MeSH:
Pharynx;
particle;
seconds;
Investigations;
Indications
- From:Kampo Medicine
2007;58(3):481-485
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Hangekobokuto, on the basis of Jin-kui-yao-lue, has been used to treat acute and chronic gastric disease, psychiatric disorders, abnormal sensation in the throat, and edema which gives the feeling of a small food particle obstructing the throat. We experienced 2 cases involving a sense of incongruity in the interscapular region (pain and/or stiffness), which were successfully treated with hangekobokuto extract.On the basis of these first cases, we investigated the efficacy of hangekobokuto extract in 15 patients having both “ki-utsu” and “suitai”, and a sense of incongruity (pain and/or stiffness) in the interscapular region, without the throat-obstructive feeling of a small in-situ food particle.Improvements in complaints were observed in all patients, with a reduction or disappearance of their sense of incongruity in the interscapular region. Thus, it is possible that hangekobokuto could be widely applicable where symptoms of tenderness or a sense of incongruity in the interscapular region occur (especially the sides of the spinous process of thoracic vertebrae 4-7), in addition to the previously documented indications (heart burn, epigastric discomfort and abdominal fullness).
