Three Cases Successfully Treated with Uzushakusekishigan

Tatsuya Nogami; Akito Hisanaga; Yoshiyuki Kimbara; Hidetoshi Watari; Makoto Fujimoto; Naotoshi Shibahara; Yutaka Shimada

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Three Cases Successfully Treated with Uzushakusekishigan

VernacularTitle:烏頭赤石脂丸が奏効した3症例
Author: Tatsuya NOGAMI ¹ ; Akito HISANAGA ² ; Yoshiyuki KIMBARA ³ ; Hidetoshi WATARI ¹ ; Makoto FUJIMOTO ¹ ; Naotoshi SHIBAHARA ¹ ; Yutaka SHIMADA ⁴
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1. Department of Japanese Oriental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama
2. Research Department of Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Akashi Clinic
3. Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Bando
4. Department of Kampo Diagnostics, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama
Keywords: uzushakusekishigan; chest pain; epigastralgia; epigastric discomfort and resistance
From:Kampo Medicine 2020;71(2):131-136
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Uzushakusekishigan is a Kampo formula described in ‘Jin Gui Yao Lue' for treatment of “heart pain that spreads out to the back, or back pain that spreads to the heart.” We successfully treated three patients with this formula. Patient 1 was a 53-year-old man suffering from precordial pain which occurred after amputation of the right forearm;patient 2 was a 46-year-old man with epigastralgia that occurred after taking cold meals;and patient 3 was a 28-year-old woman suffering from epigastralgia accompanied with panic disorder. Epigastric discomfort and resistance occurred in all three cases, prompting us to prescribe this formula. There are few reports of successful application of uzushakusekishigan, and it is not clear what symptoms and pathologies are relevant when prescribing this formula. However, our findings strongly suggest that uzushakusekishigan should be considered when treating severe chest or abdominal pain.