Open AccessA Study on Pain relief effects and Allergic responses for the Osteoarthritis of the knee joint Between Sweet Bee Venom and Bee Venom Pharmacopuncture
Author(s) -
Sungchul Kim,
Won-Min Na,
SungYoung Lee,
Eun-Ha Jang,
Sung-Bin Lim
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of pharmacopuncture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2234-6856
pISSN - 2093-6966
DOI - 10.3831/kpi.2008.11.1.031
Subject(s) - bee venom , medicine , osteoarthritis , venom , anesthesia , traditional medicine , biology , alternative medicine , pathology , zoology , ecology
Objectives : To verify pain relief effects and allergy inhibitory action for the osteoarthritis of the knee joint in Sweet Bee Venom\udin which allergy causing enzyme is removed.\udMethods : We randomly allocated 30 participants to treatment group Sweet Bee Venom and Bee Venom. Outcomes on pain\udreduction were measured by 100mm VAS(Visual Analog Scale). And we recorded into details allergic responses during Pharmacopuncture treatment.\udResults : Whole body condition and pain rate through VAS measurement were improved significantly in 2 weeks. We could get difference in pain score of two Pharmacopuncture groups significantly in 2 weeks. Sweet BV group(0.1ß㎎/㎖) showed superior reduction in pain compared to the BV group(0.1ß㎎/㎖) significantly. And other allergic responses such as edema, itchiness, pain were significantly lower in the Sweet BV group