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- Title
Intervention of honey and diet education for people with recurrent oral ulceration and yin deficiency constitution: a pilot study.
- Authors
Teng Chan; Sin Nong Ieong; Ka Ieong Ieong; Yao Chen Chuang
- Abstract
Objective: Recurrent Oral Ulcreation (ROU) are the repeated damage and swelling of the oral mucosa or epithelium, and their periodic episodes and symptoms such as pain leads to a decrease in quality of life. The yin deficiency with effulgent fire in traditional Chinese medicine theory is an important trigger for ROU. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the effect of honey, which is cool and sweet, and diet education for yin-deficiency constitution, on ROU, so as to provide a reference for ROU patients and clinical nursing to effectively reduce and prevent ROU. Methods: In the form of an online questionnaire in conjunction with the "Classification and Determination of TCM Constitution" scale, the ROU participants with yin deficiency constitution were evaluated and screened, and measures such as drinking honey combined with dietary health education, as well as external application of honey when mouth Ulcreation occurred to carry out oral ulcer improvement plans, and to evaluate the effectiveness in the middle and late stages of the intervention. Results: Eight participants who met the inclusion criteria did not develop mouth Ulcreation at the beginning of the intervention, compared with the average frequency of mouth ulcer attacks in the past 1.5 per month, with an average of 4.6 days per episode. After 8 weeks of intervention, 5 participants did not have mouth Ulcreation in the process, while the other 3 participants had oral ulcer attacks in the process, and 1 participant had a frequency of 2, 1 and 2 attacks per month before, during and after the intervention, with an attack duration of 7, 5 and 4 days/ time; There were also 1 participant for 3, 1, 1 time/month and 6, 5, 4 days/time; The other participants had 1, 1, and 0 episodes, and the duration of the attack was maintained for 5 days. The oral ulcer pain score decreased by about 3 points on average after the intervention, while the yin deficiency constitution score decreased from 54.1 points before the intervention to 47.6 points after the intervention. Conclusions: Except for one participant who had poor results due to honey use, personal stress factors and family eating habits, the remaining seven participants all had positive improvements in various evaluations. The results showed that the use of honey's sweet and cold nature combined with diet and health education could effectively shorten the course of the disease, reduce symptoms and prevent ROU, but the effect on improving the yin deficiency constitution was not obvious.
- Subjects
ULCER treatment; THERAPEUTIC use of honey; PILOT projects; NUTRITION education; MOUTH
- Publication
Macau Journal of Nursing, 2022, Vol 21, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1681-1534
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6729/MJN.202305_21(2).001