Japanese Kampo Medicines for the Treatment of Common Diseases

Focus on Inflammation

224 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Japanese Kampo Medicines for the Treatment of Common Diseases - Focus on Inflammation provides researchers and clinicians with a current look at how Kampo medicines can be used to effectively treat inflammatory disorders. Japanese Kampo medicines are a mixture of natural and herbal medicines that are available in Japan for the treatment of various diseases. Given their therapeutic potential, they are often prescribed instead of, or alongside, allopathic medicines.Kampo medicines are becoming more widespread and have proven effective for the treatment of a variety of inflammatory diseases, such as colitis, dermatitis, myocarditis, hepatitis, cardiomyopathy, and nephritis. This book offers background on Japanese Kampo medicines, along with a compilation of the published scientific data for several different types of Kampo medicines. It is an evidence-based guide for all those involved in, or interested in, the research and practice of Kampo medicine.

• Reihe: Academic Press
• ISBN: 9780128093986
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.03.2017
• Größe: 235 x 191 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Inc
• Herausgegeben von: Kenichi Watanabe, Somasundaram Arumugam