• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.749-754
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• 2001

In oriental medicine, Byun-jo(煩躁) is including in insomnia, restless, uneasiness, chest discomfort, irritation et all. Byun-jo is one of symptom in Soyangin(少陽人)(one of human type in Sasang constitutional medicine(四象醫學) the lower chest-overheated disease(胸膈熱證). In the book 'dongyi soose bowon(東醫壽世保元)', Soyangin Yanggueksanwha-tang(凉膈散火湯) is used at Soyangin the lower chest-overheated disease. One patient usually who had suffered from chest discomfort, insomnia of Byun-jo, after cerebral infarction the symptom of Byun-jo had grown worse, the patient was classified as Soyangin by somatotype, personality, therefore the patient treated with Soyangin Yanggueksanwha-tang for 10days, and the patient improved in clinical symptoms. so we report it for the better treatment.