Satoh Takashi, Takahashi Toshiyuki, Iwasaki Koh, Tago Hideaki, Seki Takashi, Yaegashi Nobuo, Tobita Muneshige, Arai Hiroyuki
National Yonezawa Hospital, Yonezawa City, Yamagata, Japan.
Mov Disord. 2009 Feb 15;24(3):453-5. doi: 10.1002/mds.22447.
Four Huntington's disease (HD) patients were treated with traditional Chinese medicines Yi-Gan San (YGS) and Chaihu-Jia-Longgu-Muli Tan (CLMT) in a cross-over manner. Two patients took YGS for 8 weeks first, and after 4 weeks of washing out, they took CLMT for 8 weeks. Two other patients took these medicines in reverse order. All patients showed a decrease in the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale-motor assessment (from 106.3 +/- 4.7 to 89.6 +/- 5.8 as mean +/- SD, P = 0.0004) by YGS treatment with no extrapiramidal symptoms or changes of cognition or ADL. Our study suggests a possibility of a new treatment for involuntary movements.
4例亨廷顿舞蹈病(HD)患者以交叉方式接受了中药一贯煎(YGS)和柴胡加龙骨牡蛎汤(CLMT)治疗。2例患者先服用YGS 8周,洗脱4周后,再服用CLMT 8周。另外2例患者则以相反顺序服用这些药物。所有患者经YGS治疗后,统一亨廷顿病评定量表运动评估得分均下降(平均±标准差,从106.3±4.7降至89.6±5.8,P = 0.0004),且无锥体外系症状、认知或日常生活活动能力改变。我们的研究提示了一种治疗不自主运动新方法的可能性。