1Center for Traditional Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
2School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
3Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
4Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
【Summary】
A 23-year-old female woman was diagnosed as Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, and her main symptoms were that right neck was swollen and painful, shoulder pain, and fever since September 2020. These symptoms had been relieved after taking Dexchlorpheniramine 2mg, Acetaminophen 500mg, and Acyclovir 400mg.
The skin on both calves and insteps was red and purple without hot sensation, and the situation did not diminished during nearly one year since the onset in October 2020. Then she visited Center for Traditional Medicine of Taipei Veterans General Hospital on September 10, 2021. Due to the pattern of “Yin Deficiency and Blood Heat”, “Damp-Heat in Lowe-Jiao”, the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) doctor adopted “Nourish Yin and Extinguish Fire” plus “Clean Heat and Dispels Dampness” to treat. After one-month treatment, the red and purple symptoms of both calves and insteps were effectively improved. At the same time, the symptom of “Damp-Heat in Lowe-Jiao” as loose stool, and white vaginal discharge were also improved. This case report showed that the integrated Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) and conventional medicine could effectively alleviate the complex symptoms of patients with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease. Moreover, CHM
could be an alternative therapy for Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease.
【Keywords】Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, Kikuchi’s disease, Chinese herbal
medicine, Enrich Yin and Reduce Fire, Clean heat and Prospell