Traditional clinical symptoms and signs: Kampo pattern diagnosis in modern gastrointestinal disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In traditional Japanese Kampo medicine, a profound anamnesis is completed by clinical examination. The resulting clinical image forms the basis of the patient's diagnosis pattern, including the recent mental, physical, and social contexts. Kampo questionnaires support pattern diagnosis and bridge traditional and Western medicine diagnoses.

Aims of the study

Traditional Kampo therapy is tailored to a specific body constitution, while Western medicine treatment is tailored to a specific disease. The aims of this study were to analyze whether traditional Kampo diagnosis is applicable to German patients and whether specific symptom patterns are characteristic for defined diseases.

Material and methods

This study validates for the first time a Kampo questionna

SUBMITTER: Zedler P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11472708 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature