Abstract
Saikokaryukotsuboreito is a prescription of crude drugs and mainly contains pinelliae and magnolia. It has been used for the therapy of men with abnormal sensation in the throat in Kanpo medicine (Chinese traditional medicine inherited and developed in Japan).
The authors administered Tsumura-Saikokaryukotsuboreito (7.5g daily for two weeks) to a consecutive series of 50 male patients and evaluated the efficacy of the drug by analysing the patients' subjective signs and symptoms.
The drug was effective in 56% of the patients in a week, for 64% in 2 weeks and for 72% in 3 weeks (one week after the cessation of the drug). Side effects were minimal, and only one patient reported anorexia.
It was indicative that modern and traditional medicine combined might produce a higher rate of efficacy and usefulness in the therapy of abnormal sensation in the throat.
