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http://dx.doi.org/10.7730/JSCM.2017.29.3.288

A Clinical Case Report of Soyangin Patient with Peripheral Coldness  

Oh, Hyun-Joo (Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong)
Hwang, Min-Woo (Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine / v.29, no.3, 2017 , pp. 288-297 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives The purpose of this study was to report significant improvement of peripheral coldness in patient, who was diagnosed with 'Soyangin Chest-heat symptomatic pattern' and applied medication based on Sasang Constitutonal medicine. Methods The patient was treated with herbal medications, according to his own symptomatology. The objective outcome was measured by thermography and the subjective sensation was assessed by using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Results The symptoms of peripheral coldness improved remarkedly without any side effects. Accessory symptoms and original symptoms also changed for the better. Conclusions This results show that it is available that peripheral coldness is treated with herbal medications according to Sasang Constitutional medicine, especially ingenious in terms of the fact that some patient can be diagnosed with heat-based condition on the basis of original symptoms, although his/her chief complaint is classified as cold pattern.
Keywords
Coldness; Yangdokbackho-tang; Sasang Constitutional medicine; Soyangin; Original symptoms;
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