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A Clinical Case Report of Taeeumin Patient Diagnosed with Systemic Contact Dermatitis and Facial Flushing

  • Journal of Sasang Constitution and Immune Medicine
  • Abbr : J Sasang Constitut Med
  • 2022, 34(4), pp.68-80
  • Publisher : The Society of Sasang Constitution and Immune Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine
  • Received : October 17, 2022
  • Accepted : November 7, 2022
  • Published : December 31, 2022

Min-jung Lee 1 Jiyeon Lee 1 HWANG MINWOO 2

1강동경희대병원 사상체질과 전문수련의
2경희대학교 한의과대학 사상체질과 교수

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ABSTRACT

Objectives This study is to report a significant improvement in a Taeeumin patient with systemic contact dermatitis after eating urushiol chicken by herbal medicine treatment. Methods The patient had complaints of erythema, swelling, pruritus, scaly skin, and facial flushing. We treated the patient with an herbal medicine ‘Galgeunhaegi-tang’ for three months. We evaluated the treatment outcome of systemic contact dermatitis using the Three Item Severity(TIS) score every visit and facial flushing by Image color summarizer at the first and last visit. Results After the treatment, the severity of the patient’s skin complaints lessened from moderate to mild. The Image color summarizer showed a minor decrease in the normalized red color level and a significant increase in the brightness level and facial color percentage. Conclusions The patient diagnosed with systemic contact dermatitis, treated with Galgeunhaegi-tang for three months, showed a significant improvement in skin complaints with brighter and even facial color.

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