The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회지)

The Society of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회)
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A Case Report of Herpes zoster with acute pain by Yongdamsagan-tang(longdanxiegan-tang)

용담사간탕(龍膽瀉肝湯)을 이용한 대상포진(帶狀疱疹)의 급성기(急性期) 통증(痛症)에 대한 치험(治驗) 1례(例)

  • Park Young-Jun (Department of Circulatory Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Semyung University) ;
  • Park Joo-Han (Department of Internal Medicine, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Heo Geum-Jeong (Department of Internal Medicine, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Nam Chang-Gyu (Department of Circulatory Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Semyung University) ;
  • Sun Jung-Ki (Department of Internal Medicine, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Koo Chang-Mo (Department of Internal Medicine, Kwang-Dong Oriental Medicine Hospital)
  • 박영준 (세명대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
  • 박주한 (광동한방병원 내과) ;
  • 허금정 (광동한방병원 내과) ;
  • 남창규 (세명대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
  • 선중기 (광동한방병원 내과) ;
  • 구창모 (광동한방병원 내과)
  • Published : 2003.03.01
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Abstract

Herpes zoster is a viral disease characterized by unilateral radicular pain and vesicular eruptions that are generally limited to the dermatome innervated by single spinal or cranial sensory ganglion. The disease causes severe pain and in particular, put elderly patients in great risks and further it develops postherpetic nenralgia. Nowadays western medicine use antiviral durg(ex: acyclovir), analgesics, nerve block and etc for treatment of herpes zoster and pain control, but the effect is not much satisfactory. A 73-year-old patient, admitted to our hospital because of severe migrain. Two days later, her illness was diagnosed as herpes zoster so we administrated Yongdamsagan-tang. After the six-day of treatment, all symptoms improved, especially headache was cleared since the four day long administration of Yongdamsagan-tang.

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