A Study on the Relationship Between Sayeok-tang and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

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J Korean Med. 2024;45(2):1-8

Publication date (electronic) : 2024 June 01

doi : https://doi.org/10.13048/jkm.24020

Ju-Hyun Lee ¹

, Sang-Bae Lee ²

, Eun-Heui Jo ³^,⁴^,

, Min-Cheol Park ⁴^,⁵^,

¹Department of Medical Support, Imsil-gun Medical Center, Imsil, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea

²Bugang Korean Medicine Clinic, Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

³Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Wonkwang University Korean Medicine Hospital, Deokjingu, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea

⁴Research Center of Traditional Korean Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea

⁵Department of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, and Dermatology, Wonkwang University Korean Medicine Hospital, Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea

Correspondence to: Eun-Heui Jo, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Wonkwang University Korean Medicine Hospital, 99, Garyeonsan-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, 54887, Republic of Korea, Tel: +82-63-270-1022, Fax: +82-63-270-1199, E-mail: freezo@wonkwang.ac.kr

Corresponding author: Min-Cheol Park, Department of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, and Dermatology, Wonkwang University Korean, Medicine Hospital, 895 Muwang-ro, Iksan-si, Jeollabuk-do, 54538, Republic of Korea, Tel: +82-63-859-2821, Fax: +82-63-841-0033, E-mail: spinx11@wonkwang.ac.kr

Received 2024 February 1; Revised 2024 March 29; Accepted 2024 May 7.

Abstract

Objectives

This research is designed to analyze the relationship between Sayeok-tang(四逆湯) and systemic inflammatory response syndrome in literature.

Methods

The main treatment symptoms of Sayeok-tang(四逆湯) presented in Sanghanron(傷寒論) and Geumgweyoryak (金匱要略), and the symptoms of Ju-hwang(走黃) and Nae-ham(內陷), which is a sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome in Korean medicine were analyzed. The symptoms of systemic inflammatory response syndrome presented in the related researches including diagnosis criteria and international guideline presented at the consensus conference hosted by the American College of Chest Physicians and The Society of Critical Care Medicine were also compared and analyzed.

Results

The main treatment symptoms of Sayeok-tang(四逆湯) and symptoms of systemic inflammatory response were very similar, and were almost identical to the symptoms of Nae-ham (內陷, especially Gun-ham (乾陷) and Heo-ham(虛陷)), which are the Korean medicine descriptions of sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome.

Conclusions

Based on the research results, Sayeok-tang(四逆湯) can be used as a treatment of systemic inflammatory response syndrome.

Keywords: Literature Study; Sayeok-tang(四逆湯); Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Traditional Medicine

Table 1

Statements Related to Sayeok-tang

Table 2

Symptoms of Ju-hwang and Nae-ham

Table 3

Symptoms and Diagnostic Criteria for Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Table 4

Comparison of Sayeok-tang Treatment Symptoms, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, and Nae-ham

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