Pigmented Purpuric Dermatosis in Adults Treated with Herbal Medicine: Report of Five Cases.
Explore (NY)
; 14(2): 152-160, 2018.
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| ID: mdl-29402558
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the clinical effect of Korean medicine treatment for pigmented purpuric dermatosis (PPD).METHODS:
Five cases of PPD with skin purpura and blood heat due to blood deficiency were evaluated. All patients had been in a chronic disease state for at least 1 year. The treatment consisted only of the Korean herbal medicine Gami-Samultang (GS). The degree of symptoms that the patients experienced when they first visited our clinic was set at a visual analog scale (VAS) score of 10.RESULTS:
After treatment, body purpura disappeared in all cases. In contrast, the patients' symptoms had not resolved following previous steroid treatment. All patients were satisfied with the treatment results and showed a VAS score of 0 for purpura.CONCLUSION:
This report suggests that GS can be used to effectively treat PPD. Additional clinical studies on PPD are needed to develop more comprehensive treatment guidelines.Key words
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Database:
MEDLINE
Traditional Medicines:
Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia
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Medicina_china
Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM:
Terapias_biologicas
Main subject:
Purpura
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
Type of study:
Guideline
Language:
En
Journal:
Explore (NY)
Year:
2018
Type:
Article