Five Cases of Frequent Hypertensive Urgency Successfully Treated with Shichimotsukokato

Abstract

Hypertensive urgency is sometimes repeated and difficult to treat with anti-hypertensive agents or anxiolytics. There were few reports on treatment of hypertensive urgency with Kampo medicine. We experienced five cases of frequent hypertensive urgency, successfully treated with shichimotsukokato only. All cases had deficiency pattern and symptoms of blood deficiency. It took relatively short term to stabilize blood pressure after taking shichimotsukokato, and the efficacy of this drug had been continued. Shichimotsukokato can attribute to rapid and continuous stabilization of blood pressure for frequent hypertensive urgency of those who have deficiency pattern and blood deficiency.