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A Case Study of the Febrile Soeumin Patient caused by UTI(Urinary Tract Infection)

  • Journal of Sasang Constitution and Immune Medicine
  • Abbr : J Sasang Constitut Med
  • 2005, 17(2), pp.121-128
  • Publisher : The Society of Sasang Constitution and Immune Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

Kang Tae-Gon 1 Jungju Kim 1 Park Seong-sik 1 Kim Myung gune 1 Bea hyo sang 1

1동국대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

1. Objectives In the western Medicine, UTI generally bring on fever, and treated by antibotics. In the traditional way of Korean Medicine, our predecessors used the herb for the febrile disease that has the property of coldness. However, Lee Je-ma tried to make the Yang ascend with the herb, considering that the febrile illness in Soeumin is made by the Exterior Heat not ascending. In the aspect of the Sasang Constitutional Medicine (SCM), Hwanggigyeji-tang(黃芪桂枝湯) & Palmulgoonja-tang(八物君子湯) belongs to the kind of the warm medication. This study is reported to evaluate the effect of Hwanggigyeji-tang(黃芪桂枝湯), Palmulgoonja-tang(八物君子湯) to the febrile patient. 2. Methods To heal the febrile patient who was diagnosed as UTI & Soeumin exterior disease, we used soeumin Hwanggigyeji-tang(黃芪桂枝湯), Palmulgoonja-tang(八物君子湯). 3. Results This patient's main symptoms are fever, sweating, impotently feeling, anorexia. So we treated the patient with Hwanggigyeji-tang(黃芪桂枝湯), Palmulgoonja-tang(八物君子湯) in Dongyi Suse Bowon(東醫壽世保元) and improved the patient's symptoms. 4. Conclusions We suggest that Soeumin Hwanggigyeji-tang(黃芪桂枝湯), Palmulgoonja-tang(八物君子湯) are effective significantly to the patient with febrile illness, but then we consider that the studies on the case like this are more needed to convince that Hwanggigyeji-tang(黃芪桂枝湯), Palmulgoonja-tang(八物君子湯) are very much effective.

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