Traditional Chinese therapy initiates oral feeding in a stroked woman after three years of nasogastric tube feeding

Koh Iwasaki; Motonari Kurachi; Tatsuya Nogami; Shin Takayama

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_670_19

Traditional Chinese therapy initiates oral feeding in a stroked woman after three years of nasogastric tube feeding

J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Sep 30;8(9):3059-3060. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_670_19. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Authors

Koh Iwasaki¹, Motonari Kurachi¹, Tatsuya Nogami², Shin Takayama³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Internal Medicine, Miyama Hospital, Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
² Department of Japanese Oriental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
³ Department of Kampo and Integrative Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Abstract

Banxia Houpu Tang, a traditional Chinese medicine, helped in initiating oral feeding in a stroke patient, after three years of nasogastric tube feeding. This Chinese medicine has potential in eliminating the need for nasogastric feeding and for physical restraints in geriatric individuals after a stroke.

Keywords: Aspiration pneumonia; Banxia Houpu Tang; nasogastric tube; physical restraints; traditional Chinese medicine.

Publication types

Case Reports