A Case of Trigeminal Neuralgia Effectively Treated with Jidabokuippo: Hint from Past Injury and Tender Point

VernacularTitle:A Case of Trigeminal Neuralgia Effectively Treated with Jidabokuippo: Hint from Past Injury and Tender Point
Author: Ayao SUZUKI ¹ ; Hiroshi OKA ² ; Naoki MANTANI ¹ ; Taeko WATANABE ¹ ; Hiroshi KAMIYAMA ¹ ; Naomi NAGASAKI ³
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1. Bayside Clinic
2. Koiso Clinic
3. Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, Synthesis Shinkawabashi Hospital
Keywords: trigeminal neuralgia; Kampo therapy; jidabokuippo; Takagi's tender point; injury
From:Kampo Medicine 2017;68(3):250-254
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: A thirty-eight-year old woman with facial pain was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, and treated with conventional carbamazepine therapy. Although the pain was alleviated to a certain degree, she visited our clinic to receive Kampo therapy. Judging from her facial injury in an accident thirty years ago, jidabokuippo was administered in addition to carbamazepine. The trigeminal neuralgia was then relieved, and Takagi's tender point in her abdomen was also reduced or disappeared. She could finally stop carbamazepine therapy. This case suggests that neuralgia patients with previous injury and Takagi's tender point can be treated with jidabokuippo.