<b>A Consideration of </b><b><i>Shukuben </i></b><b>(Feces Stagnation in the Digestive Tract) </b>

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  • <b>宿便についての一考察 </b>
  • 宿便についての一考察
  • シュクベン ニ ツイテ ノ イチ コウサツ

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It has been thought that the term “shukuben” does not mean a simple constipation but rather that a substance is stagnating in the digestive tract despite ordinary defecation. However, there has been no concrete evidence for this shukuben definition.<br>The authors have obtained evidence for what may be one type of shukuben, by means of X-ray photography after an upper digestive tract examination using a barium sulfate contrast medium, in a patient with irritable bowel syndrome. The X-rays showed the contrast medium adhering to the colon wall three days post-examination despite subsequent diarrhea, suggesting one type of shukuben. In this paper, the authors also reported the result of a historical search for the term shukuben in the past medical textbooks, which revealed that the first description of this term is found in hougizashi and was described by Yodo Odai. We also considered that this term is a derivation of shukushoku meaning a stagnation of digestive tract contents.

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  • Kampo Medicine

    Kampo Medicine 65 (4), 309-312, 2014

    The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine

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