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Ninjin'yoeito for symptoms of frailty: Successful treatment of three cases
Author(s) -
Kimura Yoko,
Ito Takashi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
traditional and kampo medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2053-4515
DOI - 10.1002/tkm2.1206
Subject(s) - medicine , weakness , feeling , lung cancer , disease , pneumonia , dry cough , depression (economics) , surgery , psychology , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Cases Patient 1 was an 81‐year‐old patient with general fatigue. Patient 2 was a 56‐year‐old patient who felt cold, with general fatigue and dry cough, after operation for lung cancer; and patient 3 was a 55‐year‐old woman with interstitial pneumonia after breast cancer treatment, who reported feeling cold, with general fatigue and a tendency to catch colds. Outcome Patient 1’s cognition and dry skin were improved by changing hachimigan and hochuekkito to ninjin'yoeito; patients 2 and 3 were effectively treated with ninjin'yoeito. The symptoms of these patients were consistent with frailty. In the five viscera theory, symptoms of lumbago, physical weakness, and cognitive decline are caused by impaired kidney function, while digestive problems involve spleen function. Respiratory symptoms and dry skin are signs of disorder in lung function. Improvement of qi deficiency, which causes a feeling of general fatigue, can address all these symptoms. Conclusion Ninjin'yoeito was useful to treat various symptoms of frailty due to age or severe disease.