A Case Report on Parkinson's Disease Soyangin Patient with Abdominal Pain and Constipation

A Case Report on Parkinson’s Disease Soyangin Patient with Abdominal Pain and Constipation Jinyoung Kwak*, Yoon-Ha Kim*, Jung-Hwan Park*, Seo-jin Hong†, Taek-Won Ahn* *Dept. of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University †Cheonan Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University Objectives The purpose of this case was to report significant improvement of abdominal pain, constipation and a slight improvement of tremor after treatment by Sasang Constitutional Medicine to the patient with Parkinson’s disease. Methods The patient was diagnosed as Soyangin according to the result of Sasang constitutional diagnosis, and treated by Sasang constitutional medications and acupuncture. The progress was evaluated with the Global Assessment Scale (GAS). Results The abdominal pain was reduced from Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)9 to NRS1 and headache was reduced from NRS5 to NRS3. The tremor was reduced to GAS 10. Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) was reduced from 40 to 27. The difference of heat distribution between left and right side was reduced and the abdomen was more warmer on Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI). Conclusions Sasang constitutional medicine can be a solution for the non motor symptoms caused by Parkinson’s disease.