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http://dx.doi.org/10.7730/JSCM.2012.24.2.061

A Case Study of a Soyangin Patient with Crohn's Disease who Reported Symptomatic Improvement after Being Treated with Dojeokgangki-tang  

Lee, Mi-Suk (Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
Hwang, Mim-Woo (Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University)
Kim, Yun-Hee (Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine / v.24, no.2, 2012 , pp. 61-70 More about this Journal
Abstract
1. Objectives : The aim of this study was to report significant improvement of chronic diarrhea and hematochezia after treatment with Dojeokgangki-tang in a Soyangin Patient with Crohn's Disease. 2. Methods : The patient's subjective and objective symptoms were observed daily throughout the hospitalization period, and the Crohn's disease activity index(CDAI) was calculated to gauge the progress or lack of progress. 3. Results : The symptoms of diarrhea and hematochezia disappeared by the end of the hospitalization period without recurrence, and the CDAI score dropped from 92.5 to 47. 4. Conclusions : A patient with Crohn's disease, who was in the state of repetitive relapse and remission after long term clinical courses was treated with Dojeokgangki-tang in a short period and the the symptoms of diarrhea and hematochezia disappeared without recurrence. Then the patient could stop taking corticosteriods and taper off immune-suppressing drugs.
Keywords
Crohn's Disease; Diarrhea; Dojeokgangki-tang; Soyangin;
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