Hato Hiroyuki, Sakata Ken-Ichiro, Sato Jun, Asaka Takuya, Ohga Noritaka, Yamazaki Yutaka, Kitagawa Yoshimasa
Department of Oral Diagnosis and Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-13 Nishi-7, Kita-ku, 060-8586, Sapporo, Japan.
Gerodontology, Department of Oral Health Science, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Biopsychosoc Med. 2021 Oct 30;15(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s13030-021-00221-2.
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic condition characterized by pain in the oral cavity. Kampo medicine is a traditional Japanese medical system that has its roots partly in ancient Chinese medicine. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of rikkosan-a traditional Japanese herbal medicine (Kampo)-in the treatment of primary BMS.
A single-center retrospective study was conducted in 32 patients who were diagnosed with primary BMS and treated with rikkosan alone through gargling (2.5 g rikkosan dissolved in 50 mL hot water) three times daily. Patients were asked to evaluate their pain using a numerical rating scale (NRS) at first visit and after 1 month. One patient had stomatitis as a side effect after gargling with rikkosan, however, no side effects were observed in other patients. Overall NRS scores decreased significantly between the first visit (7.6 ± 2.7) and the 1-month visit (5.6 ± 2.8).
Rikkosan may be an effective treatment for primary BMS.
灼口综合征(BMS)是一种以口腔疼痛为特征的慢性疾病。汉方医学是一种传统的日本医学体系,其部分根源可追溯到古代中医。本研究的目的是评估日本传统草药制剂历节散(rikkosan)治疗原发性灼口综合征的疗效。
对32例被诊断为原发性灼口综合征且仅通过含漱历节散(2.5克历节散溶解于50毫升热水中)每日三次进行治疗的患者开展了一项单中心回顾性研究。要求患者在初诊时及1个月后使用数字评定量表(NRS)评估其疼痛程度。1例患者在含漱历节散后出现口腔炎这一副作用,不过,其他患者未观察到副作用。初诊时(7.6±2.7)与1个月复诊时(5.6±2.8)的总体NRS评分显著降低。
历节散可能是治疗原发性灼口综合征的一种有效疗法。