| [ Summary ] |
Traditional Chinese and Japanese herbal medicines (Kampo formulas) are effective for some GI diseases including functional bowel disease, acute gastroenteritis, inflammatory bowel disease, advanced cancer, problems after abdominal surgery, and infection in immuno-compromised hosts. In Kampo medicine, different formulas are often given to patients with the same clinical diagnosis, when their conditions(age, sex, physical constitution, vitality, etc.) are different. Therefore it is often difficult to select an appropriate Kampo formula based solely on clinical diagnosis. You will be able to prescribe Kampo formulas more precisely, if you consider patients' conditions, basic symptoms and accompanying symptoms. |