Clinical effects of kamishouyousan for the patients with primary headache

Abstract

We examined clinical effects of kamishoyosan for the patients with primary headache. Kamishoyosan were prescribed for total 85 patients with primary headache. Clinical effects were evaluated for 59 patients. The results were strongly effective for 3 patients, effective for 38 patients, and no effect for 18 patients. Mean age were 70 for the patients showed strong effect, 61.4 for the patients showed effective, 52.1 for the patients showed no effect. These dif­ference of age were statistically significant, so older patients showed significant effects. Two male patients showed no effect. Kamishoyosan were preferably prescribed for the patients with tension–type headache and cervical spondylosis, because there is no specific medicine for these diseases. Clinical effective rate of kamishoyosan for the patients with most primary headache were nearly 80%. Especially high effectiveness was observed for the patients with medication over–use headache and neurosis.