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A case report of generalized morphea treated with herbal medication and moxibustion

  • Lee, Hye Yoon (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Kim, So Yeon (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Cho, Min Kyoung (Department of Korean internal medicine, Cheongju Korean Medicine hospital, Daejeon University) ;
  • Choi, Jun Yong (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Hong, Minna (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Ji Hye (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Lee, In (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Hong, Jin Woo (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Han, Chang Woo (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Kwon, Jung Nam (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
  • Received : 2015.08.31
  • Accepted : 2015.12.24
  • Published : 2015.12.30
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Abstract

A 56-year-old Korean female patient developed generalized morphea over three months. We focused on imbalance of the neuroendocrine-immune axis, mainly using Jiawei-Renshengyangrong-tang and Jiawei-Siqi-tang. Moxibustion on LU9 was conducted for skin symptoms. The patient's modified localized scleroderma skin severity index score decreased from 22 to 6 over 22 weeks of treatment and to 4 during a 3-month follow-up. Her verbal rating scale score for general symptoms decreased from 17 to 1 during the 22-week treatment.

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