Table 1.
Kampo drugs investigated in this study.
| Chinese characters | Tsumura# | Name (Japanese read) | Name (Chinese read) | Indications |
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| 麻黄湯 | 27 | Maoto | Ma-Huang-Tang | Common cold, influenza (in the early stage), rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, nasal obstruction in sucking infants, and suckling difficulty |
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| 葛根湯 | 1 | Kakkonto | Ge-Gen-Tang | Common cold, coryza, the initial stage of febrile diseases, inflammatory diseases (conjunctivitis, keratitis, otitis media, tonsillitis, mastitis, and lymphadenitis), shoulder stiffness, neuralgia in the upper body, and urticaria |
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| 滋陰降火湯 | 93 | Jiinkokato | Zi-Yin-Jiang-Huo-Tang | Dry cough |
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| 川芎茶調散 | 124 | Senkyuchachosan | Chuan-Xiong-Cha-Tiao-San | Common cold, automatic imbalance syndrome peculiar to women resembling climacteric disturbance, and headache |
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| 麦門冬湯 | 29 | Bakumondoto | Mai-Men-Dong-Tang | Coughing with a hard, obstructive sputum, bronchitis, and bronchial asthma |