• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.160-166
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• 2002

A clinical case study of a shaoyangin patient diagnosed as congestive heart failure Congestive heart failure is dysfunction of heart that can't supply sufficient mount of blood required of tissue metabolism as a result of myocardial hyposystole. We treated 80 year-old female congestive heart failure patient with edema, dyspnea, chest discomfort, and dysuria. We have diagnosed her as shaoyangin(少陽人) pyohan(表寒) disease, infirmity, edema and have prescribed hyungbangjihwangtang(荊防地黃湯). In the result we had the improvement of the symptoms of CHF and general depressed condition. This report described the process and contents about the way the patient was cured.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.120-124
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• 2002

A Case Study of the Shaoyangin Mangyin Improved with Hyeongbangjiwhang-tang Mangyin-disease is important syndrome in Shaoyangin' pathology taking diarrhea, general weakness. We treated a 28 years old female patient who complained general weakness, diarrhea, and weight loss She responded well to treatment with Hyeongbangjiwhang-tang . So report it.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.94-100
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to give an account of the effects of the Korean herbal medicine therapy which is based on the Sasang constitutional medicine for the patient who has suffered from scale of both foot caused by chronic psoriasis. The subject is a 81-year old man who has the symptoms caused by lacunar infarction, which are both leg weakness, gait disturbance, dizziness, dysarthria, frequency voiding, and scale of both foot caused by chronic psoriasis. We have diagnosed him as Shaoyangin(少陽人), and have prescribed Yukmi jiwhangtang(六味地黃湯). The consequence is the accompanied scale of both foot, both leg weakness, gait disturbance, dizziness, frequency voiding and general condition has improved.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.104-108
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• 2001

The tremor which has been showed most frequently in the clinic has various reasons, which is common in the dyskinesias and has rhythmic vibration involuntarily. The purpose of this study is to give an account of the effects of the Korean herbal medicine therapy which is based on the constitutional medicine for the patient who has suffered from tremor which is accompanied with diarrhea in the lacunar infarction. The subject is a 70-year-old woman who has had the symptoms caused by lacunar infarction, which are tremor, right side weakness, right facial palsy, dizziness, chest discomfort, and chronic diarrhea, dipsia, abdominal discomfort, andominal pain and so forth. We have diagnosed her as Shaoyangin(少陽人) Mangyin(亡陰證) and have prescribed Huashi Kushen Tang(滑石苦蔘湯) in accordance with the principle of Pyoeumganggi(表陰降氣). The consequence is that the accompanied tremor and diarrhea and general depressed condition have improved.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.134-139
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• 2001

The irritable bowel syndrome(IBS) is the most common gastrointestinal disorder in clinical practice and is characterized by abdominal pain associated with a chronic disturbance of defecation. It is important to discriminate IBS from organic bowel disease. Based on clinical and epidemiologic studies, specific symptom criteria for IBS have been developed. The subject is a 29 year old man who has abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, general weakness, dizziness, insomnia and has been diagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome. We classified this as Shaoyangin Mangyin(少陽人 亡陰證) and prescribed Hyeongbangjiwhangtang(荊防地黃湯) in accordance with the principle of pyoeumganggi(表陰降氣). In the result, we had the improvement of his symptoms.

• Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.89-93
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• 2003

Pernicious anemia is a pathologic state due to lack of Vit.B12 or folic acid. Pernicious anemia is due to metabolic disorder including poor absorption of stomach through gastroectomy. We experienced a 76 year old male patient diagnosed as pernicious anemia for perfomed total gastroectomy. Herbal medicine that we had was mainly treated and several remarkable changes have been showed. This is a clinical report of that patient.