PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ameliorating or improving agent for oral function which can be easily applied to oral mucosa, has a good adhesion and permeability to oral mucosa, hardly causes choke, accidental ingestion and aspiration and the like, is excellent in amelioration or improvement of oral function and is suitable for oral rehabilitation.SOLUTION: There is provided an ameliorating or improving agent for oral function in which an essential oil of Cymbopogon plants is contained in a shea butter.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡便に口腔粘膜に使用することができ、口腔粘膜に対する付着性が良好で浸透性が高く、むせ、誤飲、誤嚥等を生じにくく、かつ口腔機能の改善、向上効果に優れ、口腔リハビリテーションに適する口腔機能の改善または向上剤を提供する。【解決手段】オガルカヤ属(Cymbopogon sp.)植物の精油をシアバターに含有させ、口腔機能の改善または向上剤とする。【選択図】なし
