Eruption as a dermatological disease is often localized, which is not fully explained by Western medicine. However, localization of eruption is interpreted in Kampo medicine according to meridian and collateral theo­ries, and here, we report two cases of successful treatment with Kampo medicine. Case 1 was of a 32-year-old woman who visited our clinic because of localized eruption around her mouth and was diagnosed with acne vulgaris. She was administered rikkunshito effectively. Case 2 was of a 37-year-old man who visited our clinic because of localized eruption in the anterior portion of the neck and was diagnosed with atopic dermatitis. He was administered shin'iseihaito effectively. Rikkunshito and shin'iseihaito are generally not adapted for dermatological diseases but were effective. After treatment we considered meridian and collateral theories. These two cases are depended on stomach meridian of foot-yangming and large intestine meridians of hand­-yangming, rikkunshito and shin'iseihaito were consisted of herbs concerning with spleen and lung meridians. Two cases were successfully treated through spleen meridian of greater yin and hand great yin lung meridian, which make exterior and interior with stomach meridian of foot-yangming and large intestine meridians of hand-yangming. Kampo medicine was effective for treating these diseases based on meridian and collateral theories.

In our clinic, patients with relatively positive diseases, which form the orthopedic conditions with inflammation, were successfully treated with eppikajutsuto and daiobotampito after reisenjotsuin. Patients with pain due to orthopedic disorders where NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) were difficult to be used or ineffective were successfully treated with eppikajutsuto and daiobotampito. We present the representative cases and bibliographically discuss them.

Pseudogout is a crystal-induced arthritis that often occurs in senile individuals. We report a case of an acute attack of pseudogout that was successfully treated with bofutsushosan and orengedokuto. The patient was an 87-year-old man who visited our clinic and complained of left wrist joint pain 2 days after onset. His physical examination revealed tenderness in his left wrist joint. Plain roentgenogram revealed slight calcification of the left wrist joint, and an inflammatory reaction was found on blood examination. Thus, he was diagnosed with an acute attack of pseudogout in his wrist joint. We prescribed bofutsushosan and orengedokuto. After internal use, his left wrist joint symptoms gradually improved. At the follow-up visit 3 days after his first visit, his left wrist joint pain was resolved completely, and after 9 days, his laboratory data were normalized. Thus, bofutsushosan and orengedokuto were effective in the treatment of an acute attack of pseudogout.

Shomakakkonto is usually used for the treatment in patients with initial cold or dermatitis symptoms. We herein reported our experience with two cases of common cold accompanied by watery eyes and floating pulse that were successfully treated with shomakakkonto. The patients were an 81-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman who presented with common cold-like symptoms and watery eyes at our clinic, and were diagnosed with common cold of middle yang. Both patients were successfully treated with shomakakkonto. Common cold with watery eyes may be considered as an indication for treatment with shomakakkonto.