Laser beam therapy for pain. 2nd. report Effects on gastrointestinal symptoms / 全日本鍼灸学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

Semiconductor laser beams were irradiated through a puncture orifice in response to several symptoms accompaning slight gastritis and enteritis encountered in daily practice. Effectiveness was confirmed by the following results: 1) 3 cases of nausea accompanied with acute gastritis resulted in improvement in all 3 cases; 2) 6 cases of sense of stomach heaviness without gastritis more improved in 5 cases and poor in 1 case; 3) 6 cases of stomachache accompanied with gastritis were improved in 4 cases with moderate effectiveness in 2 cases; 4) 2 cases of a sense of abdominal bloating and abdominal pain accompanied with enteritis were both improved; 5) 6 cases of nausea, sense of stomach heaviness, stomachache, and abdominal pain accompanied with gastritis and enteritis were improved in 5 cases and poor in 1 case; 6) these effects appeared within 15 to 30min after irradiation; 7) the effectiveness of semiconductor laser beam could be confirmed as it resulted in improvement in 19 cases, moderate in 2, and poor in 2 out of a total of 23 cases with gastrointestinal symptoms; 8) no abverse reaction was observed in any case.