• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.702-706
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• 2010

The clinical manifestation of Hepatic encephalopathy is personality change, vacant behavior, lethargy, flapping tremor, muscle twitching, noisy, abusive, violent, coma. The purpose of this clinical study was done to report the improvement of hepatic encephalopathy after oriental medical treatment (herb-med, acupuncture, moxibustion). We applied Ukieum-ja and Sopungsungi-won to patient who had liver cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy. We examined the Change of CBC, LFT and Clinical Manifestation to evaluate the effectiveness of oriental medical treatment. We observed that oriental medical complex treatment decreased symtoms and improved general condition of a patient. So we report this clinical study to be helpful in treating patients of hepatic encephalopathy.