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http://dx.doi.org/10.7730/JSCM.2019.31.2.31

A Case Report of Sweating and Palpitation due to Chemotherapy for Cancer in a Soeumin Patient with Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma  

Lee, Seul (Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
Lee, Yongjae (School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University)
Lee, Jeongyun (Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine / v.31, no.2, 2019 , pp. 31-40 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives The purpose of this case study was to report improvements of a Soeumin patient with sweating and palpitation after chemotherapy for primary central nervous system lymphoma by diagnosing and treating as Yang Depletion Symptomatology. Methods The Soeumin patient was administered Bojungikgi-tang and treated with acupuncture. Global assessment scale (GAS) was used to assess the improvements of symptoms. Results Sweating was improved to GAS 20 and palpitation was gone away after using Sasang constitutional medicine treatment. Conclusions This study shows that Sasang constitutional medicine can be effective treatment for side effects caused by chemotherapy for cancer.
Keywords
Yang Depletion Symptomatology (亡 陽 證 ); Sweating; Palpitation; Bojungikgi-tang (補 中 益 氣 湯 ); Primary central nervous system lymphoma;
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