Chronic Iron Deficiency Anemia Treated with <i>Bojungicki-tang</i> : A Case Report

Son, Chang-gue

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 30(1); 2009 > Article

Case Report

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2009;30(1): 228-232.

Chronic Iron Deficiency Anemia Treated with Bojungicki-tang : A Case Report

Chang-gue Son

Dept. of Internal Medicine of Oriental Medical College in Dae-jeon University

Correspondence

Chang-gue Son ,Tel: 82-42-4709481, Email: ckson@dju.ac.kr

Published online: March 30, 2009.

ABSTRACT

Objective :
To expend the oriental medicine-based strategies or therapeutics for anemia, including iron deficiency anemia.

Methods :
A 23 year-old man suffering from severe and chronic iron deficiency anemia was believed to have disorder of iron absorption. He had neither specific medical cause nor positive response to western treatments. Blood and biochemical parameters such as levels of hemoglobin, ferritin, transferrin and serum iron were serially chased during treatments.

Result:
Bojungicki-tang was given to the patient based on diagnosis as a deficiency of spleen qi. The hemoglobin level was normalized along with administration of Bojungicki-tang. Also, the distortions of biochemical indicators (ferritin, transferrin and serum iron) reached a normal range within three months.

Conclusion:
Bojungicki-tang could be a curing remedy for iron deficiency anemia caused by problems in iron absorption if symptom-differentiation has deficiency of spleen qi.

Key words: Iron Deficiency Anemia, Bojungicki-tang, Oriental medicine, Herbs