Objectives: This study reports the effects of Korean medical treatment, including the administration of <i>Yanghyeolgeopung-tang</i>, on tension headache.Case presentation: A 48-year-old man with headache and neck pain caused by tension-type headache was managed with <i>Yanghyeolgeopung-tang</i>, acupuncture, and pharmacopuncture for 15 days. To evaluate the improvements, a numeric rating scale (NRS), the Korean Headache Impact Test-6 (KHIT-6), and Neck Disability Index (NDI) were used. After treatment, the symptoms were relieved, and there were no particular side effects. The NRS scores reduced from 6 to 3, KHIT-6 from 64 to 48, and NDI from 46 to 22.Conclusion: These results suggest that Korean medicine may be effective for treating tension-type headache.
Objective: This study investigated the efficacy of using Korean medical treatments on a patient with functional dyspepsia.Methods: A 61-year-old female patient with functional dyspepsia and C/L-spine HIVD was treated with herbal medicine (<i>Gamihyangsayukgunja-tang</i>), acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, chuna manual therapy, and cupping therapy for 18 days. The treatment effects on the functional dyspepsia were evaluated using the Numerical Rating Scale score, Gastrointestinal Symptom Score, and Bristol Stool Scale results.Results: Following treatment, the patient showed decreases on the Numerical Rating Scale and Gastrointestinal Symptom Score and improvement on the Bristol Stool Scale.Conclusions: Korean medical treatment improved the condition of a patient with functional dyspepsia.
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