Kampo/Crude Drug Wiki (漢方・生薬Wiki)
Kampo Medicine 漢方
What is Kampo?
- Kampo is not TCM
"Kampo", or
ancient Chinese (medical) art if literally translated, is the Japan's assimilated version of
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It was already organized as a system in the 16th century and has been refined in a Japanese tradition since. Its notable difference from TCM is that
Kampo is formulated in the unitary medical system with European Medicine. It is neither complementary nor alternate medicine in Japan.
一般用漢方製剤承認基準
- The New Standards for Kampo Formulas
In early 1970, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (now
Health, Labor and Welfare) summarized the byelaw published as "Guideline for General Kampo Formulas" (Edited by MHW and the committee in
FPMAJ, Published by Jiho), which has been known as the 210 formulas for 30 years. In 2008, it underwent a significant revision and 213 formulas are listed as "Standards of Approval for the Kampo Formulation". The difference is introduced
here. The list of Kampo formulas is
here.
Japanese Pharmacopoeia 日本薬局方
List of Crude Drugs 生薬一覧
- Crude Drugs in Kampo Medicine
In addition to Western medicines, over 150 crude drugs are listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. On our
site, their details are introduced with links to available
Kampo formulas.
Pages in category "CD"
The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.