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Burning Mouth Syndrome. I have it very severe.

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When I was deep into BMS a couple of years ago, I was about to start acupuncture for a different malady. My wife asked if acupuncture might make the BMS worse, so I researched it and found a medical study that showed that a particular type of acupuncture was actually beneficial. I printed the study, took it to the acupuncturist, and he followed the procedures outlined. My BMS subsided by 80 percent within three months of treatments. There were times when there were no symptoms at all. It returned to a lesser degree about six months later, so I went back and had a few more treatments. It’s been almost a year and I would say that I feel nothing 90 percent of the time and just slightly noticeable the rest. I’m VERY happy I found the research and had the protocol. I can only verify that it worked for me, and it may for you. Best of all, it has not side effects. Here is a link to the study, which I downloaded and took to my acupuncturist.
https://www.nature.com/articles/sj.bdj.2010.582#Abs1
Over time, he added some more points beyond what was called for in the study. I think two in particular added a lot. I don’t know what they are called in acupuncture vernacular, but they were next to the fingernail on the fourth and fifth finger. Those, unlike the others, did hurt, but I think made a lot of difference.

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I have also started acupuncture for BMS and have brought this same study to my acupuncturist. I am also considering checking into a few others. I will say, it's only been 3 weeks and I do feel like I have seen improvement. How long overall would you say it took you to receive significant improvement? I'm curious - did they give you herbs to use or just the treatment? And, do you go back for periodic treatments? If so, how often do you return? I agree - those fingernail points that were just added do hurt but if it's helping I'm all for it!