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KMID : 1200820080070050579
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Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine
2008 Volume.7 No. 5 p.579 ~ p.582
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The effectiveness of moxibustion on dysphagia after stroke; A Case Series
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Cho Ki-Ho
Kim Tae-Hoon
Jung Woo-Sang
Park Sung-Wook
Moon Sang-Kwan
Park Jung-Mi
Ko Chang-Nam
Kim Young-Suk
Bae Hyung-Sup
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Abstract
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This study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of moxibustion on dysphagia after stroke. We conducted his study in the Department of Cardiovascular and Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center), Hospital of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee Medical Center, from May 1, 2005 to August 1, 2006. After recruiting dysphagia patients after stroke, we applied the Direct Moxibustion () to the Chon-Jung acupoint 5 times, and assessed its effect on swallowing reflex by Swallowing Provocation Test (SPT) before and 30 min after treatment. Effectiveness of the swallowing reflex was assessed by the Latency Time of Swallowing Reflex (LTSR) which was checked from test starting to the onset of swallowing reflex. Thirty four subjects with dysphagia were treated with moxibustion. The mean of the latency time in swallowing reflex was shortened from to seconds after moxibustion, which had statistical significance (P < 0.001). We suggest that moxibustion at Chon-Jung could be useful for dysphagia after stroke. Further study with a randomized controlled trial compared to placebo is needed to confirm this suggestion.
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KEYWORD
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Moxibustion, Dysphagia, Stroke
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