• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.134-138
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• 2008

High fever is a common symptom which is considered an important problem, especially in case of undefined causes. Even though most patients generally have been treated by western medicinal treatments, Oriental medicine has developed some prescriptions having therapeutic efficacy of anti-pyrexia. The present study reports a clinical case of prolonged high fever treated by herbal drug, Dalwonum. There was no specific cause shown by blood test, urinalysis or radiologic test to explain the periodic fever over $40^{\circ}C$, but body temperature slowly started normalize after administration of Dalwonum. This study informed us about the potent usefulness of Dalwonum as an anti-pyrexia herbal drug for patients having fever unresponsive to conventional therapies.

• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.859-862
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• 2000

This study was performed on the bases of clinical consideration about patient who had fever. The patient had a high fever, headache, diarrhea, sore throat, general aching. The symptoms of the patient was regarded as syndrome of Ki(energy) system in the differentiation of epidermic febrile disease and syndrome of the middle energizer in the differentiation of syndrome in accordance with the therory of triple energizer. According to the oriental medicine principle, oriental medicine was taken such as Dalwonum(達原飮) and the patient had taken a turn for the better.

• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.451-457
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• 1998

This study was performed on the bases of clinical consideration about patient who has malaria. The symptoms of malaria are periodic alternating of chills and fever on everyone, two or three days. The patients feel a chill at the first time of malaria, and have a fever, headache and sweating at the next time. The long cycle of malarial fever such as every 2 or 3 days means that it takes a turn for the worse. In this study, oriental medicine was taken based on the oriental medicine principle such as Dalwonum(達原飮), Sosihotang(小柴胡湯) and Bojungikgitang(補中益氣湯), and the patients take a turn for the better. In the process of treatment if there is no fever in the expected date of the malarial fever, it is sure to have fever in the next expected date. It is favorable that patients lose the chills first and the fever lately in the process of treatment, and we can explain that supporting healthy energy to eliminate evil(扶正祛邪). The long cycle of malarial fever such as every 4, 6 or 9 days means that it is just before the recovery.