Experiments carried out in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis for the purpose of investigating into abdominal pulse have revealed the following findings:
(1) Of the 52 patients examined, 33 patients (63.4%) had abdominal pulse. In some instances, pulsations abated without any treatment. They were found mostly in the region neal the navel, especially on the left side of the navel in the majority of instances.
(2) Many of those who had abdominal pulse showed functional disturbance of the autonomic nervous system.
(3) Injections of Epirenamin (a trade name for epinephrine chloride), a sympathetic stimulating agent, resulted in larger and accelerated pulsations, while those of Imidalin (a trade name for tolazoline chloride), a sympathetic blocking agent, were followed by the diminution of pulsations. Injections of acetylcholine, a parasympathetic stimulating agent, resulted in the diminution of pulsations in some instances, while those of atropine, a parasympathetic blocking agent, caused the patients to react in three different ways: an increase, a decrease and no change of pulsations. Injections of chlorpromazine, an autonomic blocking agent, did not produce an uniform result; pulsations became larger and accelerated in some instances, while they abated in others. Injections of benadoryl, an anti-histamine and anti-acetylcholine drug, were followed by a slight increase in pulse rate in some instances.
(4) The admini8tration of KEISHI (桂枝), BUKURYO (茯苓) and BOREI (牡蠣) singlyor in combination, which are usually used for the treatment of abdominal pulse, did not show significant effect, with the majority of cases showing no improvement, though some cases showed slight improvement. When, -however, SAIKO-ICEISHI-KANKYO-TO (柴胡桂枝乾姜湯) containing KEISHI and BOREI was administered in conformity with SHO (証) of patients, pulsations abated and eventually disappeared together with other symptoms.
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