• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.118-123
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• 2003

The climacteric is the period of passage out of the reproductive stage of life and into the nonreproductive phase. The climacteric can be accompanied by wide-ranging, uncomfortable and disruptive symptoms. Symptoms that are related to hormonal changes include abnormal bleeding, facial flushing, and urogenital discomfort. This patient was 45- year-old woman who had headache, facial flushing, thirst, fatigue, irregular menstruation, urogenital discomfort and had been diagnosed and teated climacteric. We classified this patient as Soyangin(少陽人) Yin collapsed ease(亡陰證) and prescribed Hyeongbangsabaeksan(荊防瀉白散). We experienced the good effect of Hyeongbangsabaeksan on Soyangin Mangyin-disease We report the healing process and the result of treatment in this study.

• 사상체질의학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.419-428
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• 2015

Objectives The aim of this study was to report an improvement on the symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) after using Hyeongbangsabaeksan.Methods The patient was diagnosed with Soyangin Soyang-sangpung Symptomatology and treated with Hyeongbangsabaeksan. The patient's subjective symptoms of pain on the lower limb and discomfort in sleeping were observed using the Numerical Rating Scale(NRS) and Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) respectively during the treatment period. And other specific symptoms of RLS were assessed once per week for a total of three times with Korean Versions of the International Restless Legs Scale.Results and Conclusions The pain on the patient's lower limb decreased from NRS 4 to NRS 0 after one week of treatment. And discomfort in sleeping decreased from VAS 5.5 to VAS 0 after one week of treatment. Furthermore, the score of Korean Versions of the International Restless Legs Scale decreased from 40 to 5 after two weeks of treatment. In conclusion, this study shows that Sasang Constitutional Medicine can be an effective treatment for Soyangin patient with Restless Legs Syndrome as Soyangin Soyang-sangpung Symptomatology.