Japanese herbal kampo medicine individually contributes to alleviating side effects of cancer patients

Cancer patients suffer from physical pain due to cancer itself and side effects by anticancer drugs, as well social such employment problems, psychological spiritual pain. It is important overcome these total pains with multidisciplinary medical care. Regarding drug treatment, if there no effective in alleviating the patients' symptoms, it necessary develop a novel or repositioning apply existing drugs. Among them, "Japanese herbal kampo medicine", introduced China developed Japan, has come occupy an position complementary alternative medicine Western