Profiles of a Cold by Oriental Medicine Approach-Statistical Analysis of 147 Cases Symptom-

  • MIURA Oto
    Toho University Omori Medical Center, Department of Traditional Japanese Medicine
  • KONO Yosinari
    Toho University Omori Medical Center, Department of Traditional Japanese Medicine
  • ITAKURA Hidetoshi
    Toho University Omori Medical Center, Department of Traditional Japanese Medicine
  • TANAKA Koichiro
    Toho University Omori Medical Center, Department of Traditional Japanese Medicine
  • HASHIGUCHI Makoto
    Lyokuin Clinic

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  • 感冒の東洋医学的病態像(第1報)―147例による統計的検討―
  • カンボウ ノ トウヨウ イガクテキ ビョウタイゾウ ダイ1ポウ 147レイ ニ ヨル トウケイテキ ケントウ
  • —Statistical Analysis of 147 Cases Symptom—
  • —147例による統計的検討—

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Abstract

A total of 147 subjects presenting with common colds were discussed in the context of traditional Japanese medicine. Using diagnoses and treatment based on traditional Japanese medicine, the subjects were divided into three groups, including wind-cold and wind-heat, and were prescribed herbal medicines. The subjects were compared in terms of time-of-onset, complaints, subjective and objective symptoms, and constitution.<br>1) Wind-cold was observed in 42.9% of their cases, mostly treated with kakkonto/keishito. This type of common cold occurred frequently during winter but was less common in summer. Many patients were found to have a weak stomach and/or an excessive sensitivity to cold. Typical symptoms were chills (often the chief complaint) and cold sensations in the limbs, both of which are external cold symptoms. There were no objective symptoms other than a floating pulse. 2) The percentage of wind-heat colds was 46.3%. Gingyosan was frequently used. This type of common cold occurred more frequently in spring, but was also seen in autumn. Slightly more subjects were sensitive to heat and/or had a healthy constitution. Symptoms were extensive, including external/internal heat symptoms, such as pharyngeal pain (often the chief complaint), redness of the pharynx, hot sensation, feverishness, dry mouth favoring cold water, and dryness symptoms and, less often, cold state symptoms. 3) The remaining subjects, accounting for 10.9%, were regarded as a complex of cold and heat states, and were treated with kufugedokuto.

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  • Kampo Medicine

    Kampo Medicine 62 (2), 120-132, 2011

    The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine

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