A Case Report of Alopecia Treated by Gagamsunbangpaedok-tang (Jiājiǎnxiānfángbàidú-tāng) - Focused on Multi-patched Alopecia Areata with Lymphadenopathy

Abstract Objectives : This is a clinical report on a 27-year-old patient with Mult i-patched Alopecia Areata(AA) assumed to be occurred by chronic lymphadenopathy, and treated by oriental medicine treatment. Methods : The patient was treated by herb medication and acupuncture. The improvement of the patient was judged by magnifying glass, camera and VAS scale. Results & Conclusions : The AA patches were shown the regrowth of hair. And the pain from lymphadenopathy was disappeared. Oriental medicine treatment including Gagamsunbangpaedok-tang(Ji ājiǎnxiānfangbaidu-tāng) was effective to regrow hair on AA patches and reduce the symptom o f lymphadenopathy as well. Key words ; Alopecia Areata; Lymphadenopathy; Gagamsunbangpaedok-tang (Ji ājiǎnxiānfangbaidu-tāng) ⓒ 2014 the Society of Korean Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngo logy & DermatologyThis is an Open Access journal distributed under the terms of t he Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/license/by-nc/3.0/) which permits u nrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.