Two Cases of Mental Disorder with the Tender Point at the Left Paraumbilical Region two Fingerbreadths Away from the Umbilicus were Successfully Treated with Shimbuto
- VernacularTitle:臍左外側2横指部に圧痛点を認め，真武湯が奏功した精神疾患の二症例
- Author:
Reimei KO
1
;
Yoshiko TAKAGI
2
Author Information
- Keywords: shimbuto; tender point; kidney meridian; Huangshu KI 16; meridian
- From:Kampo Medicine 2019;70(3):227-235
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Two cases of mental disorder with the tender point at the left paraumbilical region two fingerbreadths away from the umbilicus were successfully treated with shimbuto. These cases appeared shimbuto symptoms corresponding to the provisions of the early yang stage pattern and the middle yin stage pattern in the classic textbook ‘Shanhanglun'. The pathogenesis of these cases of the patients who improved with shimbuto would be qi and fluid intimidating. The tender point at the left paraumbilical region by palpation is considered as ‘Huangshu KI 16' of kidney meridian in ‘WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region'. This tender point is a very useful diagnostic sign to prescribe for simbuto. It suggests that an acupuncture point on the meridian and collateral theory might appear the condition of three yin and three yang disease in ‘Shanhanglun' and be useful to choose Kampo medicine.
