A Case Report of Bogigeopung-san Applied on Trigeminal Neuralgia

Autor: Ju-Ho Jeong, Jong-Cheol Lee, Min-Yeong Jeong, Jong-Han Kim, Ju-Ho Choi, Jeong-Hwa Choi, Doo-Hee Rhee, Soo-Yoen Park
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: The Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology. 26:87-94
ISSN: 1738-6640
DOI: 10.6114/jkood.2013.26.3.087
Popis: Objectives : This is a clinical report on a 63-year-old female patient with Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) treated by oriental medicine treatments. Methods : The patient was treated by acupuncture, moxibustion and herb medication. The improvement of the patient was judged by Visual Analog Scale(VAS). Results : The pain had been gradually reduced and VAS became 2 after t he treatment for 25 days. Conclusions : Oriental medicine treatment including Bogigeopung-san was very effective to improve the TN patient's symptoms. It is necessary to have more observations a nd cases on the patients with TN.Key words : Trigeminal Neuralgia; Bogigeopung-san; VAS ⓒ 2013 the Society of Korean Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngo logy & DermatologyThis is an Open Access journal distributed under the terms of t he Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/license/by-nc/3.0/) which permits u nrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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