PRIMARY SKIN CARE PART (III) CONTROL OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS AND SKIN ITCHING BY COMBINED REMEDIES OF SHOSEIRYUTO, TSUMURA 19 _??_ AND REPEATED ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THROUGH THE ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE AT ELECTRODERMAL POINTS (=NAKATANI'S RYODTOEN).

Abstract

Aggravated serum amino acids, elevated cyclic AMP, decreased blood histamine and further decrease of electricity at electrodermal points (=Nakatani's Ryodoten)could be encountered after treated with combined remedies of Shoseiryuto, Tsumura 19for 70 days and 70 time electrical stimulations at Nakatani's Ryodoten concerned to atopic dermatitis and skin itching. Shoseiryuto alone did not give much response to atopic dermatitis (allergic type I and IV) though the oral administration of 5 g/day (2.5 g in early morning with water drinking procedures as soon as he got up from bed and then followed by additional 2.5 g before he went to bed). The repeated electrical stimulations at Nakatani's Ryodoten also did not give more satisfactory response to atopic dermatitis though the Nakatani's electricity stopped at 147±5 pA and the moderate increase of serum amino acids also showed no change at all. However, the aggravated serum amino acids, elevated cyclic AMP, decreased blood histamine, and decreased Nakatani's electricity corresponded to the recovery of atopic skin inflammation and itching in 15 cases after treated with Shoseiryuto for 70 days and 70 time electrical stimulations. Therefore, these combined remedies could be useful for the control of such complicated allergic disorders (allergic type I and IV), atopic dermatitis.