• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.186-191
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• 2004

The following case illustrates the efficacy of Yanghyulgupung-tang and accupuncture therapy in the treatment of Dupung caused by cerebral infarction. The chief symptoms of the Dupung are dysesthesia in face, dizziness, and a disorder in the sense of smell (such as oversensibility or insensibility to the smell of food). Yanghyulgupung-tang is the medicine which treats women's Dupung with the deficiency syndrome of Liver. After medication to patient, the symptoms of Dupung decreases rapidily within the first week. This result supports the clinical efficacy of Yanghyulgupung-tang for the treatment of Dupung caused by cerebral infarction.