A Case Report of Painful Legs and Moving Toes Syndrome and Painful Arms and Moving Fingers Syndrome with Severe Blood Stasis and Panic Disorder Successfully Treated with Tokakujokito-Based Kampo Prescriptions
- VernacularTitle:重症瘀血とパニック障害を伴うPainful legs and moving toes syndrome, Painful arms and moving fingers syndrome に対して桃核承気湯を中心とした漢方治療が有効であった一例
- Author:
Ayako YAGUCHI
1
;
Toshinobu MAKI
1
;
Ryo YOSHINAGA
1
;
Yusuke GOTO
1
;
Hiroki INOUE
1
;
Hiromi YANO
1
;
Eiichi TAHARA
1
Author Information
- Keywords: tokakujokito; panic disorder; blood stasis; painful legs and moving toes syndrome; painful arms and moving fingers syndrome
- From:Kampo Medicine 2022;73(1):47-53
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: The patient was a 47-year-old woman. Four years previously, she began to suffer from left lower leg pain and numbness, and involuntary movements. She received further examination in the department of neurology at other hospitals, but had an uncertain etiology and was provisionally diagnosed with restless legs syndrome. She was treated with Western medicine such as gabapentin and gabapentin enacarbil, but they were ineffective. She subsequently visited our hospital and was hospitalized. She was diagnosed with painful legs and moving toes syndrome, and painful arms and moving fingers syndrome after further examination. We prescribed tokakujokito because she had severe blood stasis and panic disorder on Kamp medical findings. As a result, her left lower leg numbness disappeared and pain was reduced. We report a case of a patient who could not be effectively treated using Western medicine and was successfully treated with tokakujokito-based Kampo prescriptions.
