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This study was clinically performed with the 73 outpatients of urticaria who had visited the Dept. of Dermartology, Oriental Medical Hospital, Dong-eui University from January 1st 2000 to June 30th 2003. They have all taken the oriental herb medicine as Sungmagalguntanggamibang(SGT, 升麻葛根湯加味方) more than 1 time. Urticaria is a common disease and a well known reaction pattern of the skin charaterized by erythema, wheals and edema, that is the results of various causes. Urticaria is classified into acute or chronic type. The etilogy of acute uricaria has been determined in many cases, but the cause of chronic urticaria has been determined in 10% to 20% of cases. Character of chronic type urticaria is recurrent pruritus and erythematous skin disease by stimulating factor. Through checking up the present patient state, we verified the effect of SGT in various ways. The results were summarized as follows; 1. An increase of taking a medicine(SGT) and attending a hospital in number let down repeated urticaria occurence. 2. SGT is more effective when the symptoms with the severe pruritic wheals are spread on the whole body in daily occurrence. 3. In urticaria treatment method, gradually reducing a western medicine and going side by side SGT, that is good at symptoms improvement. 4. Etiology of urticaria is classified into intestine-stomach accumulated heat by indigestion(食滯腸胃積熱), wind-moisture(風濕), wind-heat(風熱) etc. The SGT is available in the order of frequency of use.
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