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Figure 1 Patient's legs at 20 years old. The left leg is edematous, and two operations to remove fibromatous tissue had been performed. The patient used bandages for edema all the time. At the first visit, the left leg was bandaged, and the patient said the leg's condition was the same as in this picture.
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She had been using a compression bandage for the edema in the left leg (Figure 1). There was significant pitting edema on the left leg, which was approximately twice the diameter of the right leg (Figure 1).
Figure 2 Dental indentations in the tongue. Dental indentations indicate suitai (body fluid retention).
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At the Kampo clinic, tongue inspection revealed dental indentations (shikon) caused by body fluid retention (suitai) (Figure 2).