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Fatigue and Kampo (Japanese Herbal) Medicines: Hochuekkito and Juzentaihoto

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Abstract

Together with pain and fever, fatigue is known as one of the living body’s three main alarms, an important signal to the body for the maintenance of life and health. The body usually recovers from fatigue with rest, but a feeling of fatigue may persist for a long period. When the symptoms and duration of fatigue exceed the usual fatigued feeling, the body’s immune function deteriorates making it prone to psychological disorders such as depression, as well as a range of infectious diseases. Few Western medications are useful for this kind of fatigue. There are, however, many useful formulae among Kampo medications. The introduction below first gives a brief explanation of qi (Ki), blood and fluid (Kiketsusui), and the “patterns” of Kampo medical diagnosis before discussing the Kampo medical diagnoses “qi (Ki) deficiency (Kikyo), blood deficiency (Kekkyo), and dual deficiency of qi (Ki) and blood (Kiketsu Ryokyo)” and how fatigue was perceived in olden times. The “Discussion” part focuses on clinical reports on two prominent Kampo medications, hochuekkito (補中益気湯) and juzentaihoto (十全大補湯).

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  1. Department of General Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan

    Jun-ichi Yamakawa, Junji Moriya & Junji Kobayashi

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Yamakawa, Ji., Moriya, J., Kobayashi, J. (2016). Fatigue and Kampo (Japanese Herbal) Medicines: Hochuekkito and Juzentaihoto. In: Inui, A. (eds) Herbal Medicines. Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-4002-8_8

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