{"title":"A Case Study of Parkinson’s Disease Patient with Anxiety and Insomnia Treated with Korean-medicine Treatment, including Gyejigayonggolmolye-tang","authors":"Eunjoo Cho, Ji-soo Yang, Jae-hwan Lew","doi":"10.22246/jikm.2023.44.5.846","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The purpose of this study is to report the case of a patient with Parkinson’s disease experiencing anxiety and insomnia treated with Korean medicine therapies.Methods: A patient diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease with anxiety and insomnia was treated with Korean medicine therapies, including herbal medication (Gyejigayonggolmolye-tang), acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, and moxibustion, for 18 days. To evaluate the therapeutic effect, we checked the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) scores to monitor anxiety and insomnia.Results: After treatment, the patient’s BAI and ISI scores for anxiety and insomnia decreased. Further, the patient and her protector mentioned that their quality of life had improved.Conclusion: These results suggest that Korean medicine therapies with Gyejigayonggolmolye-tang have a beneficial effect on anxiety and insomnia in patients with Parkinson’s disease.","PeriodicalId":22826,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine","volume":"206 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.22246/jikm.2023.44.5.846","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to report the case of a patient with Parkinson’s disease experiencing anxiety and insomnia treated with Korean medicine therapies.Methods: A patient diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease with anxiety and insomnia was treated with Korean medicine therapies, including herbal medication (Gyejigayonggolmolye-tang), acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, and moxibustion, for 18 days. To evaluate the therapeutic effect, we checked the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) scores to monitor anxiety and insomnia.Results: After treatment, the patient’s BAI and ISI scores for anxiety and insomnia decreased. Further, the patient and her protector mentioned that their quality of life had improved.Conclusion: These results suggest that Korean medicine therapies with Gyejigayonggolmolye-tang have a beneficial effect on anxiety and insomnia in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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