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KMID : 0363320130340020122
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2013 Volume.34 No. 2 p.122 ~ p.133
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Effects of Korean Medicine Therapies on Oral Pain in Patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome: a Before and After Study
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Son Ji-Young
Kim Ju-Yeon
Kang Kyung
Baek Seung-Hwan
Choi Jane
Jang Seung-Won
Ryu Bong-Ha
Kim Jin-Sung
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Abstract
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Objectives : Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is characterized by chronic pain or a burning sensation in the mouth. There is limited evidence available to provide clear guidelines for treating BMS patients and a variety of different treatments have been used. This study was designed to investigate the Effects of Korean medicine therapies on oral pain in patients with BMS.
Methods : We surveyed 30 BMS patients who newly visited the Oral Diseases Clinic in the Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital from February 2012 to March 2013. When the patients visited the clinic for the first time, they were evaluated on sociodemographic characteristics, BMS questionnaire, severity of pain using visual analogue scale (VAS) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) of the acupuncture point CV17. After 3 weeks of Korean medicine therapies (acupuncture, electroacupuncture, pharmacopuncture and herbal medicine), they were re-evaluated with the VAS and the PPT.
Results : After 3 weeks of Korean medicine therapies, 30 patients' oral pain improved and the PPT score on CV17 rose, which means decrease of qi-stagnation score.
Conclusions : Korean medicine therapies were effective on oral pain in patients with BMS. To confirm the additional curative effect and evaluate the efficacy of each treatment, well-designed randomized controlled trials will be needed in the future.
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KEYWORD
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burning mouth syndrome, Korean medicine therapy
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