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Three Cases of Post-Covid-19 Dry Cough Treated with Maekmundong-tang

COVID-19 이후 후유장애로 발생한 마른기침에 대한 맥문동탕 치험 3례

  • Yeong-seo, Lee (Dept. of Korean Internal Medicine, Dong-Eui University) ;
  • Da-jung, Ha (Dept. of Korean Internal Medicine, Dong-Eui University) ;
  • Kyoung-min, Kim (Dept. of Korean Internal Medicine, Dong-Eui University)
  • 이영서 (동의대학교 부속 한방병원 한방내과) ;
  • 하다정 (동의대학교 부속 한방병원 한방내과) ;
  • 김경민 (동의대학교 부속 한방병원 한방내과)
  • Received : 2022.09.15
  • Accepted : 2022.11.28
  • Published : 2022.12.30
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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to report three cases of post-COVID-19 dry cough that persisted even after taking Western medicine but was successfully treated with Maekmundong-tang. Methods: Three patients who were treated with Maekmundong-tang from March to June 2022 were selected from patients who visited Dong-Eui University Korean Medicine Hospital with post-Covid-19 dry cough. Jeil Maekmundong-tang Ext. granules were used to improve the cough. The effect of the treatment was evaluated using a visual analog scale, cough symptom score, and cough assessment test. Results: After the treatment, Cases 1, 2, and 3 showed decreases from 90 to 30, 65 to 0, and 70 to 20, respectively, for the visual analog scale score, decreases from 9 to 3, 5 to 0, and 5 to 3, respectively, for the cough symptom score, and decreases from 20 to 4, 9 to 1, and 8 to 3, respectively, for the cough assessment test score. Conclusion: Maekmundong-tang provided an effective improvement in the post-COVID-19 dry cough that persisted even after taking Western medicine.

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