The Journal of the Society of Stroke on Korean Medicine (대한중풍순환신경학회지)
- Volume 9 Issue 1
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- Pages.46-53
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- 2008
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- 2466-0248(pISSN)
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- 2466-0272(eISSN)
Two Cases of Motor Impairment after Cerebrovascular Disease by Jihwangeumja
중풍 후 운동장애에 대한 지황음자(地黃飮子) 투여 2례
- Hong, Gwang-Hae (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
- Lee, Hyun-Ju (Oriental Internal Medicine, Jein Hospital of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Hwang, Kyu-Dong (Oriental Internal Medicine, Jein Hospital of Oriental Medicine)
- Published : 2008.12.01
Abstract
Cerebrovascular disease causes various symptoms like hemiparalysis, facial palsy, dysphagia, dysphasia etc. Although patients take lots of time to treatment, there are many cases symptoms could not be cured completely and patients could get sequelae. Jihwangeumja(dihuangyinzi) is used the cerebrovascular disease with dysphasia and motor impairment of the lower extremities due to weakness of kidney. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Jihwangeumja on lower extremity weakness caught by cerebrovascular disease. In this study, we administered Jihwangeumja to two stroke patients with lower extremity weakness and analyzed the clinical progresses. As a result of the treatment, patients showed improved symptoms.