Kampo medicine therapy for trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia and great occipital neuralgia by mainly using keishikajutsubuto

Abstract

We continued to adopt Kampo medicine therapy for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia patients by mainly using keishikajutsubuto since our case report published in 2019. Kampo medicine therapy was spread to a kind of cervical pain such as great occipital neuralgia, and glossopharyngeal neuralgia. We examined the efficacy of Kampo medicine therapy for those pain in neuralgia. Eight of 9 trigeminal neuralgia patients experienced pain relief. Three cases of them got relief from pain without Kampo medicine. The efficacy of a glossopharyngeal neuralgia patient was unclear because of no next visit to our department. One patient with great occipital neuralgia used “Ku-oketsu” medicine prior to “Bushi” medicine, and the pain disappeared after the treatment. Kampo medicine therapy mainly with keishikajutsubuto had sufficient effectiveness for pain in neuralgia.