A case of renal ptosis treated with hochu-ekki-to with improvement confirmed by excretory urography

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2001 Sep;47(9):649-52.

Abstract

A 59-year-old woman visited our clinic with complaints of right back dull pain. Excretory urography showed bilateral renal ptosis (a 6 cm decrease in position of the right kidney and a 5 cm decrease of the left kidney). She was treated with 7.5 g/day of Hochu-ekki-to. After 6 months, her symptoms improved and after 8 months excretory urography showed a 3 cm decrease in the position of both kidneys. Hochu-ekki-to might be useful for the conservative therapy of renal ptosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Kidney Diseases / physiopathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urination
  • Urography

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang