Case Report of Yukmijihwang-tang(Liuweidihuang-fang) on Diabetes Mellitus in Stroke Patients Diagnosed as Kidney-Yin Deficiency or Non Kidney-Yin Deficiency Syndrome

신음허(腎陰虛)로 변증(辨證)된 중풍환자(中風患者)와 신음허(腎陰虛)로 변증(辨證)되지 않은 중풍환자(中風患者)의 당뇨(糖尿)에 대한 육미지황탕(六味地黄湯)의 치험례(治驗例)

Because syndrome-differentiation is one of the major characteristics in oriental medicine, there would be a possibility that the same herbal medicine show different effects on the same disease, if syndrome differentiation is ignored. In this report, we observed different response of Yukmijihwang-tang in diabetic stroke patients according to their syndrome differentiation. One case diagnosed as 'Kidney-yin deficiency syndrome' showed remarkable improvement on diabetes mellitus, whereas the serum glucose levels of the other 4 cases diagnosed as 'non Kidney-yin deficiency syndrome' were lowered little. These results are in accordance with the oriental medical theory that Yukmijihwang-tang can treat 'Kidney-yin deficiency syndrome'. Therefore, we suggest that subsequent clinical trials on oriental medicine would have to include the concept of differentiation of syndromes in order to take out the merit of oriental medicine.