Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine (사상체질의학회지)

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A Clinical Case Report of Taeeumin Patient Diagnosed with Systemic Contact Dermatitis and Facial Flushing

전신성 접촉피부염과 안면홍조를 호소하는 태음인 환자 치험 1례

  • Min-jung, Lee (Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong) ;
  • Jiyeon, Lee (Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong) ;
  • Min-woo, Hwang (Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
  • 이민정 (강동경희대병원 사상체질과 ) ;
  • 이지연 (강동경희대병원 사상체질과 ) ;
  • 황민우 (경희대학교 한의과대학 사상체질과 )
  • Received : 2022.10.17
  • Accepted : 2022.11.07
  • Published : 2022.12.30
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Abstract

Objectives This study is to report a significant improvement in a Taeeumin patient with systemic contact dermatitis after eating urushiol chicken by herbal medicine treatment. Methods The patient had complaints of erythema, swelling, pruritus, scaly skin, and facial flushing. We treated the patient with an herbal medicine 'Galgeunhaegi-tang' for three months. We evaluated the treatment outcome of systemic contact dermatitis using the Three Item Severity(TIS) score every visit and facial flushing by Image color summarizer at the first and last visit. Results After the treatment, the severity of the patient's skin complaints lessened from moderate to mild. The Image color summarizer showed a minor decrease in the normalized red color level and a significant increase in the brightness level and facial color percentage. Conclusions The patient diagnosed with systemic contact dermatitis, treated with Galgeunhaegi-tang for three months, showed a significant improvement in skin complaints with brighter and even facial color.

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