Up to this time many reports have been received in regard to rheumatism, but we have no established theory about the etiology. Then, as a matter of course, the treatment of rheumatic diseases has depended upon only the symptomatic treatment such as various steroid compounds and antibiotics. Horiguti et al. observed the epipharyngitis in detail, and reported that this kind of inflammation had a close relationship with various symptoms throughout the body, as well as otorhinolaryngological symptoms. Then, research has been carried out in regard to rheumatic diseases, and it has been found, too, that there is a mutual relationship between the treatment of epipharyngitis and the improvement of rheumatic symptoms.