A Case of Alopecia Followed by Head Bruise Successfully Treated with a Kampo Formulation Saikoseikanto

Katsutoshi TERASAWA; Toru KOBAYASHI; Makoto SUMIKOSHI; Yoshiro HIRASAKI; Yoko OTA; Atsushi CHINO

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A Case of Alopecia Followed by Head Bruise Successfully Treated with a Kampo Formulation Saikoseikanto

VernacularTitle:柴胡清肝湯（一貫堂）が奏効した頭部打撲による脱毛症の1例
Author: Katsutoshi TERASAWA ¹ ; Toru KOBAYASHI ² ; Makoto SUMIKOSHI ³ ; Yoshiro HIRASAKI ⁴ ; Yoko OTA ¹ ; Atsushi CHINO ¹
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1. Department of Japanese-Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Chiba Central Medical Center
2. Department of Neuro-Surgery, Hoshi General Hospital
3. Sumikoshi Kodomo Clinic
4. Department of Japanese-Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
Keywords: saikoseikanto (Ikkando); head bruise; traumatic alopecia; folliculitis
From:Kampo Medicine 2025;76(2):114-119
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: We herein report a case of a 19-year-old male patient who presented with traumatic alopecia and was successfully treated with Kampo formulation saikoseikanto (Ikkando). This patient was referred to the Kampo outpatient department of Hoshi General Hospital from a neurosurgery hospital located near his workplace. The reason for the consultation was alopecia with subcutaneous hemorrhage that appeared several days after a blow to his parietal region. The patient presented with kyokyokuman on the right side along with chronic pharyngitis. We suspected that the alopecia was caused by folliculitis, so we prescribed saikoseikanto. The results of this medication were dramatic ; his alopecia and pharyngeal inflammation resolved within three months. His depressive mental state and his irritability improved significantly. We recognized that this Kampo formulation controlled both physical and mental disorders.