2020 Volume 35 Issue 1-2 Pages 20-25
Recently, reports of Kampo treatment for oral psychosomatic disorder have been increasing. The basics of Kampo medicine are to identify the patient’s pattern from the patient’s constitution, strength, resistance, and manifestation of symptoms, and to administer the appropriate medicine. In the consultation to determine the patient’s pattern, a Kampo medicine-specific palpation （pulse examination, abdominal examination） is performed, but these operations are unfamiliar and difficult for ordinary dentists. Therefore, we considered the Cornell Medical Index Health Questionnaire （CMI） as an alternative to patient’s pattern, which can be understood by ordinary dentists.
In this study, we investigated the relationship between the therapeutic effect of hangekobokuto administered to female patients with oral psychosomatic disorder and various items of CMI. The results did not correspond to the abnormal sensation in the throat, which is the target of conventional use, but instead to stomach upset. It is suggested that hangekobokuto may be effective for oral psychosomatic disorder with stomach upset.
