Four Cases of Patients with Skin Disorders (Atopic Dermatitis, Prurigo Gestationis, Acne Vulgaris) During Pregnancy Responded well to Tokishakuyakusan

• Published in: Kampo Medicine Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 115 - 120
• Main Authors: MOROHASHI, Hiroko, YANASE, Toru, FUEKI, Tsukasa, YAMAZAKI, Ichiro, SUNAGA, Takao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine 2020
• Subjects: normal delivery; pregnancy; skin disorder; tokishakuyakusan; yin deficiency and abundance of moisture
• ISSN: 0287-4857; 1882-756X
• DOI: 10.3937/kampomed.71.115

When female patients with skin disorders become pregnant, the treatments with the previously used antiallergic oral drugs are preferred to be switched to the treatments with external medicines alone, which often make patients experience unbearable itching and exacerbation of rashes. The use of tokishakuyakusan is known to be safe and improve various symptoms in the pregnancy period. In this report, the treatment of 4 patients with skin disorders were successfully switched to tokishakuyakusan alone from previously used antiallergic internal medicines and other traditional Japanese herbal medicines after pregnancy. Case 1 and 2 were patients with atopic dermatitis who had been treated only with the external medicine during a previous pregnancy but without amelioration. Case 3 was a patient with prurigo gestations who had rashes on the upper body trunk and complained of a strong itching sensation. Case 4 was a patient with acne vulgaris. In all cases, the rashes and itching sensation improved promptly with oral administration of tokishakuyakusan, followed by successful delivery. No side effects of gastrointestinal disorders were observed in any cases. Their skin disorders were speculated to be caused by the blood deficiency and stasis. Qi deficiency and fluid disturbance developed in association with pregnancy, which led to Yin deficiency and abundance of moisture. The positive responses of these conditions indicated that tokishakuyakusan was effective in the cases reported herein.