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. 2024 Jan 14;16(1):e52238. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52238

Table 1. The component galenicals of Yokukansan (YKS).

Weights indicate the daily dose, and these are mixed and extracted with 600 mL of purified water (at 95.1 °C).

Official name (upper row) Botanical family Amount
English name (lower row)
Rhizome of Atractylodes lancea De Candolle Compositae 4.0 g
Atractylodes lancea
Strain of Pinus densiflora Siebold & Zucc. Polyporaceae 4.0 g
Poria
Rhizome of Cnidium officinale Makino Umbelliferae 3.0 g
Cnidium Rhizome
Hook-bearing stems of Uncaria rhynchophylla (Miq.) Miq. Rubiaceae 3.0 g
Uncaria Thorn
Root of Angelica acutiloba (Siebold & Zucc.) Kitag. Umbelliferae 3.0 g
Japanese Angelica
Root of Bupleurum falcatum L. Umbelliferae 2.0 g
Bupleurum
Root of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Laguminosae 1.5 g
Glycyrrhiza