Pigmented Purpuric Dermatosis in Adults Treated with Herbal Medicine: Report of Five Cases.

BACKGROUND

The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the clinical effect of Korean medicine treatment for pigmented purpuric dermatosis (PPD).

METHODS

Five cases of PPD with skin purpura and blood heat due to blood deficiency were evaluated. All patients had been in a chronic disease state for at least 1 year. The treatment consisted only of the Korean herbal medicine Gami-Samultang (GS). The degree of symptoms that the patients experienced when they first visited our clinic was set at a visual analog scale (VAS) score of 10.

RESULTS

After treatment, body purpura disappeared in all cases. In contrast, the patients' symptoms had not resolved following previous steroid treatment. All patients were satisfied with the treatment results and showed a VAS score of 0 for purpura.

CONCLUSION

This report suggests that GS can be used to effectively treat PPD. Additional clinical studies on PPD are needed to develop more comprehensive treatment guidelines.