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. 2012 Dec 30;37(1):59–80. doi: 10.1007/s11013-012-9297-4

Table 2.

Transformation of emotion-related disorders in Kampo in two historical periods

Patient’s complaint Kampo explanation Treatment Resources
Edo-period
 Static Constraint-utsu Ki constraint Formulas and talking therapy Zhu Danxi, Ming-Qing Chinese medicine, treatise on the cold damages, Yoshimasu Tōdō, etc.
Moral failure
Post-Meiji period
 Changing Neurasthenia Manifestation of inner poison The symptomatic approach
Constitutional type Detox of the organs