2000 Volume 51 Issue 2 Pages 279-285
I report on three rebound cases caused by topical steroids, which were successfully treated by Japanese herbal medicine. A drug for clearing away the heat was selected, because I thought skin erythema and hotness was due to the heat. A herbal drug that nourishes Yin and is anti-inflamatory was also selected, because I thought erythematosquamous eruption was due to asthenic heat syndrome. I selected a drug to promote diuresis, because the tendency of edema, exudation, and lichenification was due to disorders of the body's fluid metabolism. One of the cases with constitutional symptoms such as sensitivity to the cold and general malaise received Kampo treatment following diagnosis from the tongue, pulse and abdominal diagnosis by pulsation and skilled questioning of the patient.
Case 1 was a 19-year-old female with sensitivity to the cold and malaise. She improved after one week of treatment with Juzen-taiho-to, Sanmotsu-ogon-to and Chorei-to. Case 2 was a 19-year-old male with hyperfunctioning condition. He was almost cured after a month of treatment with Gorin-san, Sanmotsu-ogon-to and Chorei-to. Case 3 was a 25-year-old male with disorders of the body's fluid metabolism in skin and Yindeficiency in the body. He improved after one month of treatment with Rokumi-gan, Sanmotsu-ogon-to and Chorei-to.
