KMID : 0878220130250040406
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Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine 2013 Volume.25 No. 4 p.406 ~ p.413
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A Case Study of a Soyangin Patient with Palpitation and Epistaxis that Occurred after Taking Panax Ginseng
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Lee Seon-Young
Hwang Min-Woo
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this case study was to report improvement of palpitation, epistaxis, nausea, and anorexia after treatment with Dojeokgangki-tang gamibang in a middle-aged woman who has been taking Panax Ginseng continually.
Methods: Upon beginning her Dojeokgangki-tang gamibang regimen the patient was asked to self-evaluate the degree of discomfort in her symptoms using a using a number scale from 0 (no symptoms) to 10 (most severe). Evaluation of palpitation and chest discomfort was made a high priority.
Results: The palpitation the patient experienced, and self-evaluated as an ¡°8¡± on the number scale at the time of her admission to the hospital, had disappeared (become ¡°0¡±) by the fourth day of hospitalization. The numerous symptoms which accompanied her palpitations (chest discomfort, nausea, anorexia, general weakness, weight loss, and depression) also improved accordingly.
Conclusions: Health functional food can pose serious health risks such as sudden bleeding and palpitations in individuals with pre-existing health problems. One must exercise extreme caution in deciding to take such supplements. As seen in the case of the middle-aged woman, the quality of life of patients who had experienced adverse reactions to such supplements can be treated through the administration of Dojeokgangki-tang gamibang.
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KEYWORD
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Sasang Constitutional Medicine(SCM), Drug side effects, Panax Ginseng, Dojeokgangki-tang, Soyangin
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