Clinical studies of traditional Japanese herbal medicines (Kampo): Need for evidence by the modern scientific methodology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Japanese Kampo medicine is a traditional medicine with roots in ancient Chinese medicine. Because traditional physicians had been abolished in Japan, the present mainstream of Kampo treatment is that physicians who learned modern Western medicine prescribe Kampo extract products based on Western medical diagnosis. This situation is different from that in other east Asian countries, and the physicians require scientific clinical evidence.

Methods

Clinical studies were searched from literature databases, clinical trial registry sites, and "Evidence Reports of Kampo Treatment (EKAT)" published by the Japan Society for Oriental Medicine.

Results

At the approval of Kampo products, scientific clinical evidence was not required because they have a long-period expe

SUBMITTER: Arai I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8181179 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature