Japanese Herbal Medicine

Japanese Herbal Medicine posts cover kampo, the traditional system of plant-based remedies adapted from Chinese herbal medicine and standardised in Japan during the Edo period. Articles look at the formal recognition of kampo formulas by the Japanese Ministry of Health, the most-prescribed formulas like sho-saiko-to, kakkonto and dai-kenchu-to, the difference between a Chinese decoction and a Japanese granule, the regulatory route through hospital pharmacies and the role of kampo in modern oncology supportive care. The pieces are written as reference and not as treatment advice, and several explicitly direct readers to a licensed practitioner.