Abstract
Objectives: This research is designed to analyze the relationship between <i>Sayeok-tang</i>(四逆湯) and systemic inflammatory response syndrome in literature.Methods: The main treatment symptoms of <i>Sayeok-tang</i>(四逆湯) presented in Sanghanron(傷寒論) and Geumgweyoryak (金匱要略), and the symptoms of Ju-hwang(走黃) and Nae-ham(內陷), which is a sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome in Korean medicine were analyzed. The symptoms of systemic inflammatory response syndrome presented in the related researches including diagnosis criteria and international guideline presented at the consensus conference hosted by the American College of Chest Physicians and The Society of Critical Care Medicine were also compared and analyzed.Results: The main treatment symptoms of <i>Sayeok-tang</i>(四逆湯) and symptoms of systemic inflammatory response were very similar, and were almost identical to the symptoms of Nae-ham (內陷, especially Gun-ham (乾陷) and Heo-ham(虛陷)), which are the Korean medicine descriptions of sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome.Conclusions: Based on the research results, <i>Sayeok-tang</i>(四逆湯) can be used as a treatment of systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
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