Citation

Song J, Tae S, Joo H, Lee SY, Sung KY. Wounds 2017; 29(11): 352-354.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Health Management Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

29166255

Abstract

Herbal massage is commonly used for cosmetic and antirheumatic purposes in the Republic of Korea. Cutaneous burns can complicate herbal massages, but this is a very rare occurrence. Pulsatilla koreana, the Korean pasque flower, is a species of the genus Pulsatilla from the Ranunculaceae family. It is a perennial plant native to Korea, where it is used in herbal and folk medicine for its antipyretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, astringent, and hemostatic effects. Three cases of burns as a result of herbal massages with Pulsatilla koreana are presented herein to increase public awareness about the adverse effects of products used incorrectly for herbal massage.

Language: en