Evidence-based Reconstruction of Kampo Medicine: Part-III—How Should Kampo be Evaluated?

Evidence-based Reconstruction of Kampo Medicine: Part II—The Concept of Sho

An Alternative Approach to Atopic Dermatitis: Part II—Summary of Cases and Discussion

In the first part of this Review, we presented case-series where Kampo treatment was introduced for those atopic dermatitis (AD) patients who had failed with conventional therapy, in an attempt to prove that there exists a definite subgroup of AD patients for whom Kampo treatment is effective. In this second part, we will first provide the summary of the results for 140 AD patients we treated i...

Evidence-based Reconstruction of Kampo Medicine: Part I—Is Kampo CAM?

Professor Katsutoshi Terasawa was born in Tokyo in 1944. He graduated in 1970 from the School of Medicine at Chiba University. He became Director of the Department of Japanese Oriental Medicine at Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University in 1979. He was Director of the School of Medicine (1999–2000) and then President of the Hospital and Vice-President (2002–2004) of Toyama Medical and Phar...

Use of Kampo Diagnosis in Randomized Controlled Trials of Kampo Products in Japan: A Systematic Review

BACKGROUND The Committee for Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) of the Japan Society for Oriental Medicine started compiling Evidence Reports of Kampo Treatment (EKAT) in 2007. EKAT is a compilation of structured abstracts of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), along with comments by a third party reviewer. As of 31 December, 2012, there were 378 RCTs of Kampo medicines in Japan. The primary resear...

Usage and Attitudes of Physicians in Japan Concerning Traditional Japanese Medicine (Kampo Medicine): A Descriptive Evaluation of a Representative Questionnaire-Based Survey

Kampo medicine has been the primary medical model in Japan until the mid 1800s, regained a prominent role in today's Japanese medical system. Today, 148 herbal Kampo formulas can be prescribed under the national health insurance system, allowing physicians to integrate Kampo in their daily practice. This article aims to provide information about the extent to which Kampo is now used in clinics ...