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KMID : 0878220080200020030
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
2008 Volume.20 No. 2 p.30 ~ p.42
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The Study About the Clinical Use of Gwanjung-tang
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Im Dong-Hwan
Kim Dal-Rae
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Abstract
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Objectives : This paper was tried to find out the clinical use of Gwanjung-tang by comparing patients¡¯ chief complain and natural symptom.
Methods : The study was researched as clinically with medical records of 88 patients who visited a certain oriental medicine clinic which is in Seoul during January, 2000 and June, 2006.
Results : 1) The male patient who was treated with Gwanjung-tang(ΰñé÷·) is rare. The rate of patients who visited clinic in her forties is 27.3%, in fifties is 18.2%, in thirties is 15.9%, in sixties is 12.5%, in twenties is 10.3%. 2) Chief complain which made patients to visit clinic is a chest pain(19.3%), back pain and shoulder pain (15.9%), edema (12.5%), headache (9.1%), irregular menstruation (8.0%), dyspepsia (8.0%), fatigue (8.0%), insomnia (5.6%), menopausal disorder (4.5%), lumbago (4.5%), abnormal condition of stools (2.3%), and abnormal condition of urine (2.3%). 3) Natural symptom is classified into appetite, digestion, stools, urine, sweat, and sleep. The rate of patients who complained abnormal condition of digestion is 71.6%, of sleep is 59%, of stools is 52.3%, of urine is 47.7%, if sweat is 34.1%, and of appetite is 30.7%. 4) The rate of patients who is treated with Gwanjung-tang between thirty and forty packs is 43.2%, twenty packs is 39.7%, between fifty and sixty packs is 5.7%, between seventy and eighty packs is 2.3%, and between ninety and hundred packs is 3.4%. 5) The rate of patients who is treated with Gwanjung-tang during 15 days is 45.5%, between 16 and 30 days is 26.2%, between 31 and 60 days 7.9%, between 61 and 90 days 3.4%, between 91 and 120 days is 4.5%, and more than 120 days is 12.5%. 6) There are not many cases that chief complain was abnormal condition of digestion (8.0%), sleep (5.6%) stools (2.3%), and urine (2.3%). But the rate of patients who complained discomfort of digestion(71.6%), sleep(59%) stools (52.3%), and urine (47.7%) is significantly high. 7) According to "Sasang Sin Pyeon", Gwanjung-tang was used in To-sa-gwak-ran (÷ÎÞáΫկ), Hae-su (ú¦áõ), Jeok-chui (îÝö©), Pyo-han -bu-jong (øúùÎÝ©ðþ), Chang-man (óìØ»), Chil-gi (öÒѨ), Dam-um (ÓÃëæ), Dam-goe (ÓÃÎÔ), Seom-jwa-yo-tong (àìñ©é¦÷Ô), Bi-tong (Þ¢÷Ô) of Soeumin, and it is corresponds with clinical cases for various components.
Conclusions : Gwanjung-tang is a medicine of reconciliation, and it makes Stomach to be warm and take down Yin Qi. The most important effect of Gwanjung-tang is Sun-qi(â÷Ѩ). So it is considerable that Gyejibanhasenggang-tang (á´ëäìÑ Ìýò«Úâù¾ßæ˹÷·), Hyangsayangwi-tang (á´ëäìÑ úÅÞãå×êÖ÷·), and Gwakhyangjunggi-san (á´ëäìÑ Î«úÅïáѨߤ) is also effective to symptoms above, because these are medicines of reconciliatio.
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KEYWORD
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Constitutional Medicine, Gwanjung-tang, Medicine of Reconciliation, Sun-qi
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