A Case of Generalized Anxiety Disorder for Three Years After the Postpartum Period Treated with Kyukichoketsuin
- VernacularTitle:芎帰調血飲が奏効した流産後3年間持続していた全般性不安障害の1例
- Author:
Hiroshi KOIKE
1
;
Yuko HORIBA
2
;
Kenji WATANABE
3
Author Information
- Keywords: kyukichoketsuin; generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); postpartum period; spontaneous abortion; parturition
- From:Kampo Medicine 2018;69(3):281-286
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: We report a case of a 39-year-old female who suffered from generalized anxiety disorder for 3 years after a spontaneous abortion and was successfully treated with kyukichoketsuin. She got generalized anxiety disorder and had difficulty to stay in a crowd after she had a spontaneous abortion at the age of 36. She visited our Kampo clinic because of the anxiety at her age of 39. We prescribed her yokukansankachimpihange for 6 months, but she still suffered from anxiety. After we changed yokukansankachimpihange to kyukichoketsuin, her anxiety improved. Kyukichoketsuin is a formula for various kinds of bad conditions during the postpartum period, which was described as the first therapeutic agent in “Manbyokaishun.” In this case, although the patient had suffered from mental disorder for three years after a spontaneous abortion, she showed a favorable response to kyukichoketsuin treatment. This result suggests that kyukichoketsuin may be effective for years of mental problems after parturition.
