Two Cases of constipation in stroke patients treated with <i>Boemyikgijeon</i>

Lee, So-yeon; Jang, Woo-seok; Yoon, Hyeon-duck; Park, Chi-sang; Park, Chang-gook

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 25(3); 2004 > Article

Original Article

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2004;25(3): 545-550.

補陰益氣煎을 사용하여 호전된 中風환자 便秘治驗2例

이소연, 장우석, 윤현덕, 박치상, 박창국

대구한의대학교 부속 대구한방병원 심계내과

Two Cases of constipation in stroke patients treated with Boemyikgijeon

So-yeon Lee, Woo-seok Jang, Hyeon-duck Yoon, Chi-sang Park, Chang-gook Park

Department of Internal medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Daeguhaany University

Correspondence

So-yeon Lee ,Tel: 053-770-2176, Fax: 053-770-2169, Email: thdus337@hanmail.net

Received: June 28, 2004, Accepted: July 19, 2004, Published online: September 30, 2004.

ABSTRACT

Constipation is a common symptom, but stroke patients are especially susceptible to constipation due to colon ineutia as a result of prolonged bed rest. In these two cases, patients diagnosed as Gieumliangheu had bowel complaints and defecated a small quantity of loose form. Therefore the patients were treated with Boemyikgijeon. Patients showed improvement in this symptom, so Boemyikgijeon is cited for the better treatment.

Key words: constipation, gieumliangheu, boemyikgijeon