ABSTRACT
Oren-to extract alone was administered to 28 patients who had pain in the tongue but without organic lesions, and who had either a “hypofunctioning constitution” or a “normal functioning constitution”. The patients were predominantly women in their 50's. Treatment was continued for at least two months. The results were excellent in nine, good in 15, and unchanged in four. No side-effects attributable to Oren-to were observed. When the effect was compared in patients with and without dryness of the mouth, no significant difference was found. Thus it was shown that Oren-to was effective in the treatment of pain in the tongue in patients with either 'hypofunctioning constitution“ or ”normal functioning constitution“, regardless of whether they ”had dryness of the mouth or not. It seems that this preparation is also effective for the treatment of pain in the tongue in patients with psychosomatic disease who have a “hypofunctioning constitution” or “normal functioning constitution”. We discuss our study focusing on this condition.