Kampo Therapies for Children Difficult to Attend School who Were Presenting Somatic Complaints

Atsushi Chino; Masanori Tsuji; Yuusuke Oku; Kumiko Takahashi; Akio Yagi; Yoshiro Hirasaki; Hideki Okamoto; Katsutoshi Terasawa

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Kampo Therapies for Children Difficult to Attend School who Were Presenting Somatic Complaints

VernacularTitle:身体的愁訴を呈する登校困難児に対する漢方治療
Author: Atsushi CHINO ¹ ; Masanori TSUJI ¹ ; Yuusuke OKU ² ; Kumiko TAKAHASHI ³ ; Akio YAGI ⁴ ; Yoshiro HIRASAKI ⁴ ; Hideki OKAMOTO ⁴ ; Katsutoshi TERASAWA ¹
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1. Department of Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Chiba Central Medical Center
2. Department of Otorhinology -Head and Neck Surgery, Shin Tokyo Hospital
3. Takahashi Children's Clinic
4. Department of Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
Keywords: difficult to attend school; guideline for medical care of school refusal; Kampo therapy; individualized care
From:Kampo Medicine 2018;69(4):350-358
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: We experienced 8 cases of children who presented with somatic complaints and found it difficult to attend school successfully treated with Kampo medicine. We evaluated them objectively by using the evaluation scale in the guideline for medical care of school refusal. Four cases were orthostatic dysregulation, 2 cases were migraine, 1 case was involuntary movement in upper abdomen and the other case was autonomic dysfunction. Kampo medicines were selected according to conventional method, so-called sho. Among 8 cases, 5 cases had a major response, 2 cases had a minor response and one case had no beneficial response. These results suggest that Kampo therapy can be effective therapeutic means. Kampo therapy is quite personalized and beneficial especially for children who find it difficult to attend school and need individualized care. This is the first report evaluating many cases objectively by using the evaluation scale and there have been no reports similar to ours. We have to continue to enlighten general pediatricians about the effectiveness of Kampo therapy.