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Effects of Yoku-kan-san on undifferentiated somatoform disorder with tinnitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Hideki Okamoto ,
Toshihiko Okami ,
Masatoshi Ikeda  and
Tatsuo Takeuchi
Hideki Okamoto*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University Ichihara Hospital, 3426-3 Anesaki, Ichihara City, Chiba 299-0111, Japan
Toshihiko Okami
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University Ichihara Hospital, 3426-3 Anesaki, Ichihara City, Chiba 299-0111, Japan
Masatoshi Ikeda
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University Ichihara Hospital, 3426-3 Anesaki, Ichihara City, Chiba 299-0111, Japan
Tatsuo Takeuchi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University Ichihara Hospital, 3426-3 Anesaki, Ichihara City, Chiba 299-0111, Japan
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: okamo@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp (H. Okamoto).
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Abstract

Up to the present, there have been few strategies that are completely effective in treating undifferentiated somatoform disorder with tinnitus. We herein report that Yoku-kan-san (TJ-54), one of Japan's traditional herbal medicines, is an effective treatment for tinnitus in undifferentiated somatoform disorder complicated with headache and insomnia. TJ-54 has been also used as an effective treatment for insomnia and irritability in recent centuries and is considered to have some effects on the excitability of nerves. Further studies are needed to confirm the efficacies of Japanese herbal medicines.

Keywords

InsomniaHeadacheIrritabilityKampo medicineHerbal medicine
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Case report
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European Psychiatry , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 74 - 75
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Copyright © Elsevier SAS 2005

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