Four Cases of Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms Successfully Treated with Ryokeijutsukanto
- VernacularTitle:上部消化管症状に対して苓桂朮甘湯が奏効した4症例
- Author:
Tetsuro OIKAWA
1
;
Yoshihide YAKAZU
2
;
Hidehiro WATANABE
3
;
Yoji HIRAYAMA
1
;
Toshihiko HANAWA
4
;
Hiroshi ODAGUCHI
1
Author Information
- Keywords: ryokeijutsukanto; upper gastrointestinal symptoms; functional dyspepsia; fluid retention; qi-counterflow
- From:Kampo Medicine 2020;71(3):246-250
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Case 1 was a 28-year-old female who had epigastric discomfort and epigastralgia for three months. These symptoms were accompanied with dizziness, faintness and hot flush. Right after taking ryokeijutsukanto, her dizziness, faintness and chillness of foot disappeared with improvement of gastrointestinal symptoms after two weeks. Case 2 was a 40-year-old female who presented prolonged nausea and epigastralgia for eight months. She also complained of dizziness and strong globus sensation when taking meals. After taking ryokeijutsukanto, her appetite improved in a week and gastrointestinal symptoms improved in 3 weeks. Case 3 was a 15-year-old female whose complaints were nausea, epigastric discomfort, palpitation, dizziness and globus sensation consequent to swaying feeling after riding a roller coaster. These symptoms including nausea improved after taking ryokeijutsukanto with 3g of magnolia bark for a week. Case 4 was a 28-year-old male who presented severe appetite loss and epigastric discomfort when he got tired. He also complained of faintness. His faintness disappeared after taking ryokeijutsukanto for 2 weeks. His appetite also improved after four weeks. Clinical courses of these cases suggest that ryokeijutsukanto may be useful for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal symptoms including functional dyspepsia, i.e. fluid retention with qi-counterflow.
