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Clinical application of kampo medicine (rikkunshito) for common and/or intractable symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract
Gastroenterological reflux disease and functional dyspepsia are usually treatable using Western medical practices. Nonetheless, some cases present with intractable symptoms that are not amenable to these therapies. Treatment with kampo, a traditional Japanese medicine, recently has been proposed as...
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author | Tominaga, Kazunari Arakawa, Tetsuo |
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description | Gastroenterological reflux disease and functional dyspepsia are usually treatable using Western medical practices. Nonetheless, some cases present with intractable symptoms that are not amenable to these therapies. Treatment with kampo, a traditional Japanese medicine, recently has been proposed as an alternative therapy for use in combination with the Western practices. In general, traditional Japanese medicines have been used empirically for intractable symptoms correctively designated as “general malaises.” Accumulating lines of evidence, including basic and clinical researches, have demonstrate detailed mechanisms where traditional Japanese medicines exert pharmacological action to improve symptoms. Therefore, traditional Japanese medicines have been gaining use by various medical doctors as the specific modes of pharmacological action are recognized. This review covers both the pharmacological functions and the clinical efficacies of rikkunshito for use in treating disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. |
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spelling | pubmed-43116172015-02-16 Clinical application of kampo medicine (rikkunshito) for common and/or intractable symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract Tominaga, Kazunari Arakawa, Tetsuo Front Pharmacol Pharmacology Gastroenterological reflux disease and functional dyspepsia are usually treatable using Western medical practices. Nonetheless, some cases present with intractable symptoms that are not amenable to these therapies. Treatment with kampo, a traditional Japanese medicine, recently has been proposed as an alternative therapy for use in combination with the Western practices. In general, traditional Japanese medicines have been used empirically for intractable symptoms correctively designated as “general malaises.” Accumulating lines of evidence, including basic and clinical researches, have demonstrate detailed mechanisms where traditional Japanese medicines exert pharmacological action to improve symptoms. Therefore, traditional Japanese medicines have been gaining use by various medical doctors as the specific modes of pharmacological action are recognized. This review covers both the pharmacological functions and the clinical efficacies of rikkunshito for use in treating disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4311617/ /pubmed/25688209 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2015.00007 Text en Copyright © 2015 Tominaga and Arakawa. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Pharmacology Tominaga, Kazunari Arakawa, Tetsuo Clinical application of kampo medicine (rikkunshito) for common and/or intractable symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract |
title | Clinical application of kampo medicine (rikkunshito) for common and/or intractable symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract |
title_full | Clinical application of kampo medicine (rikkunshito) for common and/or intractable symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract |
title_fullStr | Clinical application of kampo medicine (rikkunshito) for common and/or intractable symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical application of kampo medicine (rikkunshito) for common and/or intractable symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract |
title_short | Clinical application of kampo medicine (rikkunshito) for common and/or intractable symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract |
title_sort | clinical application of kampo medicine (rikkunshito) for common and/or intractable symptoms of the gastrointestinal tract |
topic | Pharmacology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311617/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25688209 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2015.00007 |
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