A Case of Stroke Patient Who Showed Improvement in Constipation, Chest Discomfort and Insomnia tyrough Treatment of Daeseungkitang(大承氣湯).

Oh, Jung-Han; Kim, Bong-Suk; Lim, Hee-Yong; Choi, Bin-Hye; Kim, Dae-Joon; Jun, Yeon-I; Cho, Chong-Kwan; Byun, Joon-Seok

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 25(2); 2004 > Article

Original Article

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2004;25(2): 307-313.

大承氣湯투여 후 便閉, 煩燥, 不眠호전된 중풍 환자 치험 1례

오중한¹, 김봉석¹, 임희용¹, 최빈혜¹, 김대준¹, 전연이¹, 조종관², 변준석¹

¹대구한의대학교 부속한방병원 내과
²대전대학교 부속한방병원 내과

A Case of Stroke Patient Who Showed Improvement in Constipation, Chest Discomfort and Insomnia tyrough Treatment of Daeseungkitang(大承氣湯).

Jung-Han Oh¹, Bong-Suk Kim¹, Hee-Yong Lim¹, Bin-Hye Choi¹, Dae-Joon Kim¹, Yeon-I Jun¹, Chong-Kwan Cho², Joon-Seok Byun¹

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University
²Department of Internal Medicine, Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University

Correspondence

Jung-Han Oh ,Tel: 054-450-7795, Fax: 054-450-7790, Email: oh-jung-han@hanmail.net

Received: March 17, 2004, Accepted: March 29, 2004, Published online: June 30, 2004.

ABSTRACT

In the early stage of stroke, the symptoms of constipation, chest discomfort and insomnia may appear in addition to the general symptoms such as specific limb weakness, dysphasia, headache, dizziness etc.. We administered Daeseungkitang(大承氣湯) to the patient diagnosed with cerebral infarction by MRI. He clearly displayed the usual syndromes of stroke(實證), endogenous wind stirring in the liver(肝風內動) and acceleration of upper chest functions(上焦火盛), ascertainned by Oriental Medical methods. After treatment with Daeseungkitang(大承氣湯), the constipation, chest discomfort and insomnia improved along with improvement of general symptoms of stroke.

Key words: Daeseungkitang(大承氣湯), the prosperous symptoms (實證), endogenous wind stirring in liver(肝風內動), the upper chest functional acceleration(肝風內動)