A Case of Threatened Premature Delivery Successfully Treated with Hochuekkito

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  • OGAWA Keiko
    Department of Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Chiba University Hospital
  • CHINO Atsushi
    Department of Frontier Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
  • OMOTO Akiko
    Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Chiba University Hospital
  • KOIZUMI Hitoshi
    Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Yachiyo Medical Center
  • SEKIYA Nobuyasu
    Department of Frontier Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
  • KASAHARA Yuji
    Department of Frontier Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
  • RAIMURA Masaki
    Department of Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Chiba University Hospital
  • HASHIMOTO Sumire
    Department of Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Chiba University Hospital
  • NAMIKI Takao
    Department of Frontier Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
  • TERASAWA Katsutoshi
    Department of Japanese Oriental (Kampo) Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

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  • 切迫流早産に補中益気湯が有効であった１例
  • 臨床報告 切迫流早産に補中益気湯が有効であった1例
  • リンショウ ホウコク セッパクリュウ ソウザン ニ ホチュウエッキトウ ガ ユウコウ デ アッタ 1レイ

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Abstract

It is essential to prolong the term as possible in the treatment of threatened premature delivery. We report a case of threatened abortion successfully treated with hochuekkito. The patient was 31 year-old pregnant woman with lower abdominal pain. She was diagnosed to be at the risk of premature delivery on 21 weeks and 5 days of gestation. Intravenous ritodrine hydrochloride was started and she had to stay in bed. Severe side effects of ritodrine hydrochloride such as palpitation, tachycardia, tremor, nausea, and loss of appetite were appeared and she was consulted to our department on 23 weeks and 1 day of gestation. Those symptoms were markedly improved after administration of hochuekkito extract. She delivered a male infant of 1230g birth weight on 28 weeks of gestation. Hochuekkito suppressed severe side effects, and enabled to continue the infusion of ritodrine hydrochloride, suggesting the usefulness of Kampo therapy in the treatment of threatened premature delivery.

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  • Kampo Medicine

    Kampo Medicine 61 (1), 32-35, 2010

    The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine

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