• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.137-147
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• 1997

The writers have treated in hospital a two-year and 4 month boy child with Guillain-Barre syndrome whose chief complaints are flaccid tetraparalysis and hypesthesia for about three months from December 2, 1996. In the early stage, the principles and methods of treatment such as wind expelling and removal of dampness(?風濕) and obstruction in meridians and collaterals(通經活絡) were used and in the late stage the principles and methods of treatment to invigorate the spleen, replenish Ki(健脾益氣), and nourish the liver and kidneys(滋補肝腎) were applied, together with acupuncture, indirect moxibustion and massotheraphy. Since then, the symptom has gradually improved. Six months after onset, the boy child was recovered to a nearly normal condition. Therefore, this case of treatment is reported, together with consideration of literature.