Effect of Gorei-san, Bakumondo-to on Thirst and Dry Mouth due to Psychotropic Drugs

We examined that the effect of Gorei-san and Bakumondo-to in 37 cases (18 males and 19 females) with thirst and dry mouth due to psychotropic drugs. The results were as follows: 1. By administration of Gorei-san, the 40% of the patients with thirst was improved (“markedly improved” and “improved”) a...

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Published inKampo Medicine Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 579 - 586
Main Authors OKAMOTO, Kotaro, OKAMOTO, Yoshifumi, TAKAHASHI, Eiji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine 1995
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Bakumondo-to
Dry mouth
Gorei-san
psychotropic drugs
Thirst
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Summary:We examined that the effect of Gorei-san and Bakumondo-to in 37 cases (18 males and 19 females) with thirst and dry mouth due to psychotropic drugs. The results were as follows: 1. By administration of Gorei-san, the 40% of the patients with thirst was improved (“markedly improved” and “improved”) and the 25% of the patients with dry mouth was improved. 2. By administration of Bakumondo-to, the 47.1% of the patient with thirst was improved (“markedly improved” and “improved”) and the 59.1% of the patients with dry moth was improved. 3. There is no significant difference between Gorei-san and Bakumondo-to for thirst. But Bakumondo-to was significantly effective for dry mouth.
ISSN:0287-4857
1882-756X
DOI:10.3937/kampomed.45.579