Herbal and Traditional Plant Medicine

Japanese Kampo Medicines for the Treatment of Common Diseases

The Japanese traditional herbal medicine, Kampo, is a unique form of pharmacological therapy that originated in ancient China and was developed further in Japan (Watanabe et al., 2011). Kampo medicines have been used as prescription drugs for additional treatment of patients with unexplained physical symptoms such as nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation in the gastroenterology field in Japan.