We reported two cases successfully treated with sano-to (Senkin-Ho). Case 1 was a 63-year old female, who visited our department in December 2004 complaining of polyarthralgia, a burning sensation in the hands and feet, irritability and chilliness. We prescribed sano-to (Senkin-Ho). The visual analogue scale (VAS) decreased from 100 mm on the first visit to 23 mm 10 months later in October 2005. Case 2 was a 62-year old female, who came to our department complaining of whole body pain in August 2004. Various Kampo medicines were tried but proved ineffective, and in June 2005 she was hospitalized. At that time, in addition to whole body pain, she complained of a burning sensation in her feet, psychological anxiety, and chillness. We prescribed sano-to (Senkin-Ho). After 2 months, her VAS decreased from 80 mm to 20 mm. We consider that sano-to (Senkin-Ho) should be prescribed more actively when patients suffer from painful diseases accompanied with subjective symptoms such as a burning sensation in the hands and feet, psychological symptoms, and chilliness.
Feet, unit of measurement ; Burning sensation ; Chills ; Cases ; symptoms <1>

[Purpose] We studied the pathophysiology of hot flush and cold feet.[Methods] By using an infrared thermometer, we measured the surface temperature of 98 female patients. We classified the patients into 4 groups : Group A patients without hot flushes or cold feet ; Group B patients with hot flushes but without cold feet ; Group C, patients without hot flushes but with cold feet ; and Group D patients with both hot flushes and cold feet. We measured the surface temperature of their tongues, upper abdomen, lower abdomen, and soles.[Results] The tongue temperature in Group B was significantly higher than that in Group A. The difference in the temperatures between the tongue and upper abdomen in Group B was also significantly greater than that in group A. Groups C and D, on the other hand, showed similar surface temperatures. Then, we examined the relationship between tongue temperatures, and the difference in the temperatures between the tongue and sole (Diff T-S) by using a correlation coefficient test : a significant correlation (r=0.77) was observed in Group C but not in Group D. Next, the patients in Group D were divided into 3 subgroups on the basis of their Diff T-S ; we found that these subgroups were characterized by the constitutionally ordinary symptoms (COS) of “yin and yang” and “deficiency and excess.”[Discussion] The occurrence of hot flush with cold feet was shown to depend on the slope of the body temperature, which was influenced by COS.[Conclusion] The occurrence of hot flush is associated with COS.
Hot flushes ; Feet, unit of measurement ; Tongue ; Group D ; Group B rank