Clinical Effects of Sayuktanggami-bang on Cerebral Vascular Accident Patients with Normocytic Normochromic Anemia

Seo, Sang-ho; Park, Sang-eun; Hong, Su-hyun; Jang, Ja-won; Song, Su-jin; Hong, Sang-hoon

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 26(4); 2005 > Article

Original Article

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2005;26(4): 795-805.

뇌졸중환자의 정구성정색소성 빈혈에 대한 사육탕가미방의 임상적 효과

서상호, 박상은, 홍수현, 장자원, 송수진, 홍상훈

동의대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실

Clinical Effects of Sayuktanggami-bang on Cerebral Vascular Accident Patients with Normocytic Normochromic Anemia

Sang-ho Seo, Sang-eun Park, Su-hyun Hong, Ja-won Jang, Su-jin Song, Sang-hoon Hong

Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dong Eui University, Busan, Korea

Correspondence

Sang-ho Seo ,Tel: 051-850-8811, Fax: 051-867-5162, Email: shseo2005@hanmail.net

Received: August 20, 2005, Accepted: September 20, 2005, Published online: December 30, 2005.

ABSTRACT

Objective :
Normocytic Normochromic Anemia is one of the most common cases in clinics of all types of morphological Anemia. This study is aimed at examining significant curative effects of Sayuktanggami-bang on Cerebral vascular accident(CVA) patients with Normocytic Normochromic Anemia.

Methods :
For this study to examine the effects of Sayuktanggami-bang(四六湯加味方), Patients were divided into 2 groups. Group A(experimental group) consisted of 19 cases prescribed Sayuktanggami-bang, Group B (control group) consisted of 15 cases prescribed other herbs. Before presciption, They were tested for CBC, AST, ALT, Total protein, Cholesterol, TG, HDL, BUN, Creatinine, Uric acid, Na, K, Cl while fasting, then were given the herbs over two weeks. They were checked again for changes over those two weeks.

Results:
In cases of group A, the statistical significance of CBC changes before and after treatment were recognizable : RBC(p<0.01), Hb(p<0.001), Hct(p<0.01). In comparing CBC changes between group A and group B which developed cerebral infarction group, a type of CVA, the significance of curative effects in group A is recognizable over group B before and after treatment : RBC(p<0.01), Hb(p<0.01), Hct(p<0.05). Cytotoxic reaction was nonexistant.

Conclusion:
Results of this study suggest that Sayuktanggami-bang has curative effects for　CVA patients with normocytic normochromic anemia.

Key words: Normocytic Normochromic Anemia, Cerebral vascular accident(CVA), Sayuktanggami-bang(四六湯加味方)