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A sixty-four year old housewife complained of smarting of the tongue and taste loss. No major organic damage was observed in the oral cavity, including the tongue, but the decline of tasting ability was confirmed by the filter disk method. The patient suffered insomnia, depressive moods and psychomotor retardation, so antidepressant medication was prescribed by her psychiatrists. The medication cured the sleeping difficulty, depressive moods and smarting of the tongue within 5 weeks. The psychomotor retardation showed improvement at 7 weeks from the commencement of medication. At the 25th week, all psychosomatic symptoms had been suppressed. The restoration of taste was proved by the filter disk method in the 28th week. The significance of the filter disk method in the evaluation of the sense of taste of depressed patients is discussed.
