Table 6.
Kampo medicines and their crude drugs by RCT.
| Kampo medicine | Indication as per the Japanese Pharmacopeia (i.e.,) | Included crude drugs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orengedokuto (OGT) | Patients with ruddy face with comparatively strong constitution, a touch of hot flushes, and a tendency to irritability: nose bleeding, hypertension, insomnia, neurosis, gastritis, alcoholic hangover, climacteric disturbance and automatic imbalance syndrome peculiar to women resembling climacteric disturbance, dizziness, palpitation, eczema or dermatitis, and pruritus cutaneous | JP Scutellaria Root | JP Coptis Rhizome | JP Gardenia Fruit | JP Phellodendron Bark | ||||||||
| Goreisan (GRS) | Patients with oral dryness and decreased urine volume: edema, nephrosis, alcoholic hangover, acute gastrointestinal catarrh, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, water retention in the stomach, headache, uremia, heat-stroke, and diabetes mellitus | JP Alisma Rhizome | JP Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome | JP Polyporus Sclerotium | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Cinnamon Bark | |||||||
| Keishibukuryogan (KBG) | Patients with solid constitution who have ruddy face and generally solid abdomen with resistance in the lower abdomen: inflammation in the uterus and its adnexa, endometritis, menstrual irregularity, dysmenorrhea, leukorrhea, climacteric disturbance (headache, dizziness, feeling of hot flushes, shoulder stiffness, etc.), oversensitivity to cold, peritonitis, contusion, hemorrhoid, and orchitis | JP Cinnamon Bark | JP Peony Root | JP Peach Kernel | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Moutan Bark | |||||||
| Rikkunshito (RKT) | Patients with weak stomach, loss of appetite and full stomach pit, and those who are easily fatigued, anemic and likely to have cold limbs: gastritis, gastric atony, gastroptosis, maldigestion, anorexia, gastric pain, and vomiting | JP Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome | JP Ginseng | JP Pinellia Tuber | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Jujube | JP Citrus Unshiu Peel | JP Glycyrrhiza | JP Ginger | ||||
| Daikenchuto (DKT) | Abdominal cold feeling and pain accompanied by abdominal flatulence | JP Processed Ginger | JP Ginseng | JP Zanthoxylum Fruit | JP Koi | ||||||||
| Daiokanzoto (DKZT) | Constipation | JP Rhubarb | JP Glycyrrhiza | ||||||||||
| Saibokuto (SBT) | Patients who have depressed feelings and a feeling of foreign body in the throat and esophagus and who sometimes have palpitation, dizziness, nausea, etc.: infantile asthma, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, coughing, and anxiety neurosis | JP Bupleurum Root | JP Pinellia Tuber | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Scutellaria Root | JP Magnolia Bark | JP Jujube | JP Ginseng | JP Glycyrrhiza | JP Perilla Herb | JP Ginger | ||
| Ninjinyoeito (NYT) | Declined constitution after recovery from disease, fatigue and malaise, anorexia, perspiration during sleep, cold limbs, and anemia | JP Rehmannia Root | JP Japanese Angelica Root | JP Atractylodes Rhizome | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Ginseng | JP Cinnamon Bark | JP Polygala Root | JP Peony Root | JP Citrus Unshiu Peel | JP Astragalus Root | JP Glycyrrhiza | JP Schisandra Fruit |
| Inchinkoto (ICKT) | Patients with a comparatively strong constitution and decreased urine volume who are somewhat likely to have constipation: jaundice, hepatic cirrhosis, nephrosis, urticaria, and stomatitis | JP Artemisia Capillaris Flower | JP Gardenia Fruit | JP Rhubarb | |||||||||
| Chotosan (CTS) | Chronic headache with hypertension in those middle-aged or elderly | JP Gypsum | JP Uncaria Hook | JP Citrus Unshiu Peel | JP Ophiopogon Tuber | JP Pinellia Tuber | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Chrysanthemum Flower | JP Ginseng | JP Saposhnikovia Root | JP Glycyrrhiza | JP Ginger | |
| Hachimijiogan (HJG) | Patients with severe fatigue or malaise, decreased urinary output or increased urinary frequency, dry mouth, and alternate cold and hot feeling in the extremities: nephritis, diabetes mellitus, impotence, sciatica, low back pain, beriberi, cystorrhea, prostatic hypertrophy, and hypertension | JP Rehmannia Root | JP Cornus Fruit | JP Dioscorea Rhizome | JP Alisma Rhizome | JP Poria Sclerotium | P Moutan Bark | JP Cinnamon Bark | JP Powdered Processed Aconite Root | ||||
| Kihito (KHT) | patients with a delicate constitution and a poor complexion: anemia and insomnia | JP Astragalus Root | JP Jujube Seed | JP Ginseng | JP Atractylodes Rhizome | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Longan Aril | JP Polygala Root | JP Jujube | JP Japanese Angelica Root | JP Glycyrrhiza | JP Ginger | JP Saussurea Root |
| Yokukansan (YKS) | Patients with delicate constitution and nervousness: neurosis, insomnia, night cry in children, and peevishness in children | JP Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Cnidium Rhizome | JP Uncaria Hook | JP Japanese Angelica Root | JP Bupleurum Root | JP Glycyrrhiza | |||||
| Hangekobokuto (HKT) | Patients who have depressed feelings and a feeling of foreign body in the throat and esophagus and who sometimes have palpitation, dizziness, nausea, etc.: anxiety neurosis, nervous gastritis, hyperemesis gravidarum, coughing, hoarseness, nervous esophageal stricture, and insomnia | JP Pinellia Tuber | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Magnolia Bark | JP Perilla Herb | JP Ginger | |||||||
| Bakumondoto (BAK) | Coughing with a hard, obstructive sputum, bronchitis, and bronchial asthma | JP Ophiopogon Tuber | JP Brown Rice | JP Pinellia Tuber | JP Jujube | JP Glycyrrhiza | JP Ginseng | ||||||
| Goshajinkigan (GJG) | Patients with decreased urine volume or polyuria sometimes having dry mouth who are easily fatigued and easily feel cold in the extremities: leg pain, low back pain, numbness, blurred vision in old patients, pruritus, dysuria, frequent urination, and edema | JP Rehmannia Root | JP Achyranthes Root | JP Cornus Fruit | JP Dioscorea Rhizome | JP Plantago Seed | JP Alisma Tuber | JP Poria Sclerotium | JP Moutan Bark | JP Cinnamon Bark | JP Powdered Processed Aconite Root | ||
| Jidabokuippo (JDI) | Swelling and pain caused by contusion | JP Cnidium Rhizome | JP Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome | JP Forsythia Fruit | JP Lonicera Leaf and Stem | JP Saposhnikovia Root | JP Glycyrrhiza | JP Schizonepeta Spike | JP Safflower | JP Rhubarb | |||
| Boiogito (BOT) | Patients with a white-complexion, soft muscles, and a flabby constitution who are easily fatigued, perspire profusely, do not excrete enough urine, and develop edema in the lower limbs and swelling and pain of the knee joint: nephritis, nephrosis, nephropathy of pregnancy, hydrocele testis, obesity, arthritis, carbuncle, furuncle, myositis, edema, dermatosis, hyperhidrosis, and menstrual irregularity | JP Astragalus Root | JP Sinomenium Stem | JP Atractylodes Lancea Rhizome | JP Jujube | JP Glycyrrhiza | JP Ginger | ||||||