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Diet Instruction for Japanese Traditional Food in Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis

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Atopic dermatitis is a disease that has chronic recurrent eczematous lesions as the main symptoms, 1 and its progression to intractable cases has become a severe problem in recent years.2 Detection and elimination of allergens and aggravating factors, external treatment mainly through the use of topical steroids, oral administration of antipurtic drugs, and proper skin care are the first choices of treatment. For cases that do not respond to these efforts, we have been performing concomitant Japanese traditional herbal treatment for more than 20 years.3

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

    Hiromi Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Mizuno, Hiroyuki Teramae, Haruo Kutsuna & Masamitsu Ishii

  2. Department of Health and Nutrition, Osaka City University Graduate School of Human Life Science, Japan

    Mika Nanatsue & Kazuko Hirai

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Kobayashi, H. et al. (2004). Diet Instruction for Japanese Traditional Food in Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis. In: Cooper, E.L., Yamaguchi, N. (eds) Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Biomedicine. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 546. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4820-8_21

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