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KMID : 1123920030170061547
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Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology and Pathology
2003 Volume.17 No. 6 p.1547 ~ p.1551
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The Effect of Youndamsagan-tang on a Case of Septic Knee: A Case Report
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Kang Dae-Hee
Kim Young-Dal
Kim Chang-Nyun
Min Ji-Yeun
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Abstract
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This study was carried out to characterized the effect of Youndamsagan-tang on a Case of Septic Knee. After we gave Youndamsagan-tang to a patient of septic knee, we examined not only symptom of patient but also the thickness and circumference of knee, the change of WBC, ESR, body temperature, VAS. As admission time passes, the pain, flare, swelling and movement of left-side knee joint were improved. The thickness and circumference of knee joint were decreased, and the count of WBC, ESR were decreased. And patient’s pain by VAS was subsided. From the above result, administration of Youndamsagan-tang reduces the progressing of pain, flare, swelling and movement in knee joint.
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KEYWORD
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Youndamsagan-tang(龍膽瀉肝湯), knee joint, septic knee, effusion, damp-heat from the liver meridian
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