Monday, October 6, 2008

Kampo herb list

Kampō medicine is the Japanese study and adaptation of Traditional Chinese medicine. In 1967, the Japanese approved 4 kampo medicines for reimbursement under the National Health Insurance program. In 1976, 82 kampo medicines were approved by the . Currently, 148 are approved for reimbursement.

The 14th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia lists 165 herbal ingredients that are approved to be used in kampo remedies. The following are the most common herbs used in .

Tsumura is the leading maker of kampo medicine . They make 128 of the 148 kampo medicines. The "count" column shows in how many of these 128 formulae the herb is found in. The most common herb in kampo medicine is . It is in 94 of the 128 Tsumura formulae. Other common herbs are and .



*Note 1: this character cannot be displayed correctly on a computer. "庶" is usually substituted in Chinese and Japanese. The "灬" in "庶" should be replaced with "虫".

*Note 2: this character cannot be displayed correctly on a computer. "梨" is usually substituted in Chinese. "梨" or "藜" is usually substituted in Japanese. The "勿" in "藜" should be replaced with "刂".

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