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KMID : 0363320060270040954
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2006 Volume.27 No. 4 p.954 ~ p.961
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A case of tremor in Parkinson’s disease treated with Korean medicine
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Jeong Byeong-Ju
Kim Jin-Won
Kim Byung-Chul
Woo Sung-Ho
Na Yu-Jin
Shim Hyo-Ju
Lee Ji-Young
Lee Won-Hui
Seo Ho-Seok
Kim Yong-Ho
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Abstract
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As society ages, the seriousness of Parkinson’s disease in the elderly increases. This study was performed in order to evaluate the effect of Korean medical treatments on Parkinson’s symptoms. An elderly patient was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease by clinical symptoms, which were resting tremor, pill-rolling tremor and mild bradykinesia. We treated her disease with Korean medical treatment, including herbal medicine and acupuncture therapy and excluding western medication. For the herbal medicine, Insamyangyeong-tang (人參養榮湯), Bobi-tang (補脾湯), Dokhwaljihwang-tang (獨活地黃湯) and Sipimijihwang-tang (十二味地黃湯) were primarily used. In result, the clinical symptoms, measured by unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale (UPDRS) and modified Hoehn and Yahr stage (H-Y stage), of Parkinson’s disease in this patient had improved after the Korean medical treatment. This study suggests that Korean medical treatments can be applicable to improve symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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KEYWORD
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Parkinson’s disease, Tremor, Korean medicine
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