A Case of Painful Palm and Sole with Burning Sensation Successfully Treated with the Kampo Formulation, Shokenchuto

A 67 year-old women who suffered from painful palms and soles with burning sensation for 2 years was treated. At first, she visited the department of dermatology and then consulted our department. The authors considered these symptoms as already being described in the great classic Kinkiyoryaku (Chi...

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Published inKampo Medicine Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 231 - 233
Main Authors TERASAWA, Katsutoshi, YOKOYAMA, Koichi, KOBAYASHI, Tohru, SUMIKOSHI, Makoto, HIYAMA, Yukitaka
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine 2013
Subjects
burning sensation
case report
Kinkiyoryaku
palm and sole pain
shokenchuto
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Summary:A 67 year-old women who suffered from painful palms and soles with burning sensation for 2 years was treated. At first, she visited the department of dermatology and then consulted our department. The authors considered these symptoms as already being described in the great classic Kinkiyoryaku (Chin Keiu Yao Lueh). We then prescribed shokenchuto, which resulted immediate clinical improvement. The authors have again realized that the classical textbook is based on proper clinical observations that are useful today.
ISSN:0287-4857
1882-756X
DOI:10.3937/kampomed.64.231