• Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.43-60
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• 2005

Objective : ${\ulcorner}$Wai-Tai-Mi-Yao${\lrcorner}$ had been made by Wang-Dao(王燾) in Tang Dynasty(唐朝). It included not only in those days medical knowledge, but also before medical knowledge. So it is regarded as important classic in the oriental medicine. And there are various bathing therapy methods. Therefore we would like to bring out use sphere and detailed method of bathing therapy in Tang Dynasty and before period. Methodologies :We have researched bathing therapy of ${\ulcorner}$Wai-Tai-Mi-Yao${\lrcorner}$ according to below the procedure. (1) Making a related words list: We have used existing external treatments technical books to make a list. The list is consist of 23 words and includes not only technical terms, but also general terms. (2) Searching sentence: We have searched sentence that contain terms that related with bathing therapies. (3) Analysis of related sentence: We have searched and classified sentence by disease. Conclusions :(1) ${\ulcorner}$Wai-Tai-Mi-Yao${\lrcorner}$ has described 15,180 records. Bathing therapies of ${\ulcorner}$Wai-Tai-Mi-Yao${\lrcorner}$ had been used to cure 726 records from the whole volume. The contents account for 4.8% of the whole volume. (2) ${\ulcorner}$Wai-Tai-Mi-Yao${\lrcorner}$ has described 1,104 diseases. Bathing therapies of ${\ulcorner}$Wai-Tai-Mi-Yao${\lrcorner}$ had been used to cure 293 diseases from the whole diseases. The contents account for 26.5% of the whole volume. (3) These diseases belong to dermatologic, internal, ophthalmic, otolaryngologic, obstetrics, gynecologic, pediatric, surgical and veterinary diseases.

• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.259-267
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• 2018

Hand-foot syndrome (HFS) frequently occurs after receiving chemotherapy, such as sorafenib, in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and this impairs quality of life (QOL). The prevalence of HFS due to sorafenib is 10-28%. The effective methods to treat HFS are not established aside from temporary discontinuation of chemotherapy agents and drug dosage adjustment because the mechanism of HFS has not been elucidated. According to a previous study, modified Dohongsamul-tang was effective in the treatment of patients with HFS and improved patients' QOL. Based on these results, we administered the soaking method with modified Dohongsamul-tang to a 50-year-old male patient with HCC complaining of HFS due to sorafenib. After two weeks, the symptoms of HFS were improved despite taking sorafenib. We suggest that modified Dohongsamul-tang is a novel method for treating HFS.

• The Journal of Pediatrics of Korean Medicine
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.53-66
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• 2021

Objective The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether herbal bath shortens the duration of pediatric fever. Methods Databases, such as Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane library, OASIS, KISS, KMBASE, CNKI, Wanfang Med Online were used to search randomized controlled trials. Those trials that included children younger than 18-year-old were evaluated for the clinical efficacy of herbal bath in fever by analyzing 'body temperature (BT) drop start time' and 'time to return to normal BT'. Results 12 studies or 1306 participants were analyzed in the study. When applying herbal bath in combination with the controlled treatment, 'BT drop start time' was decreased by 0.11 hours, and 'time to return to normal BT' was decreased by 10.94 hours compared to the controlled group. When comparing herbal bath with tepid bath, 'time to return to normal BT' was reduced by 8.19 hours in herbal bath group. In regards to safety, 3 studies out of 12 studies mentioned about its adverse events: 2 studies did not have any adverse events, and a minor needle-shaped bleeding had occurred in one of the studies. Conclusion Use of herbal bath as a treatment of fever in children was associated with shortened duration of fever. However, cautious interpretation is necessary due to its limited safety data.