Two Cases of Asthma Patients Treated with <i>CheonPae-hwan</i>

Han, Su-ryun; Park, Gun; Kwon, O-yong

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 37(2); 2016 > Article

Original Article

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2016;37(2): 218-224.

喘肺丸으로 호전된 천식환자 2례

한수련, 박 건, 권오용

프리허그한의원

Two Cases of Asthma Patients Treated with CheonPae-hwan

Su-ryun Han, Gun Park, O-yong Kwon

Freehug Oriental Medicine Clinic

Correspondence

Su-ryun Han ,Tel: 031-932-8269, Email: khmedical@hanmail.net

Received: March 18, 2016, Accepted: June 2, 2016, Published online: May 31, 2016.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

This study reports on the effects of CheonPae-hwan among asthma patients.

Method:

This case study was conducted with two asthma patients who had visited a traditional Korean medicine clinic. CheonPae-hwan was prescribed to the two patients; we then evaluated the objective symptom changes through forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV₁). Dyspnea-subjective symptom change was evaluated with the visual analog scale (VAS).

Results:
In case 1, FVC increased from 2.24 to 2.55 after treatment, FEV₁ increased from 1.86 to 1.99, and VAS decreased from 2 to 0. In case 2, FVC increased from 1.51 to 2.79 after treatment, FEV₁ increased from 1.12 to 2.22, and VAS decreased from 8 to 5.

Conclusion:
CheonPae-hwan appeared to be effective for treating the two asthma patients in our study.

Key words: CheonPae-hwan, asthma, FVC, FEV₁, VAS