A clinical case study of a shaoyangin patient diagnosed as congestive heart failure

울혈성 심부전으로 진단받은 소양인 환자 치험 1례

  • Kim, Kyung-Seon (Dept. of Sasang constitutional Medicine, Dong-seo Oriental-medical hospital) ;
  • Lim, Eun-Chul (Dept. of Sasang constitutional Medicine, Dong-seo Oriental-medical hospital) ;
  • Ko, Woo-Seog (Dept. of Sasang constitutional Medicine, Dong-seo Oriental-medical hospital)
  • 김경선 (동서한방병원 사상체질과) ;
  • 임은철 (동서한방병원 사상체질과) ;
  • 고우석 (동서한방병원 사상체질과)
  • Published : 2002.12.30

Abstract

A clinical case study of a shaoyangin patient diagnosed as congestive heart failure Congestive heart failure is dysfunction of heart that can't supply sufficient mount of blood required of tissue metabolism as a result of myocardial hyposystole. We treated 80 year-old female congestive heart failure patient with edema, dyspnea, chest discomfort, and dysuria. We have diagnosed her as shaoyangin(少陽人) pyohan(表寒) disease, infirmity, edema and have prescribed hyungbangjihwangtang(荊防地黃湯). In the result we had the improvement of the symptoms of CHF and general depressed condition. This report described the process and contents about the way the patient was cured.

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