Abstract
We often meet the patient suffer from skin pruritus caused by jaundice. Those patients are treated with various methods and care, but there therapy are often ineffective. Japanese herbal medicine Gosha‒Jinki‒Gan has been successfully used to reduce skin pruritus in two patients caused by jaundice associated with advanced cancer. Case 1： A 68‒yearold man had suffered from pruritus caused by obstructive jaundice associated with cholangioma. He had treated with endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD) and other methods, but pruritus was not reduced. Gosha‒Jinki‒Gan (7.5g/day) imploved sleep disturbance. Case 2： A 81‒year‒old man had suffered from pruritus caused by jaundice associated with liver cirrhosis and hepatoma. He had treated with various methods, but pruritus was not reduced. Gosha‒Jinki‒Gan (5.0g/day) reduced his Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) of pruritus (10→3). Gosha‒Jinki‒Gan is recommended for skin pruritus due to jaundice.
