Pain and Kampo – The Use of Japanese Herbal Medicine in Management of Paint

  • 1994 - 183 pages - 1 Volumes
  • Auteurs : T. Oyama - G. Smith (eds)
  • Edition : Editions Springer-Verlag
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Mot-clés : Asie, Ethnopharmacologie

Description :

There are many patients who complain of chronic pain. Some of them are difficult to treat with Western medicine. Because they have been suffering from severe pain for a long time, they complicate other disorders such as sleeplessness, appetite loss or depression. At the same time the severity of the pain is much affected by both physical and mental status of the patient. Kampo herbal medicine must have possibilities of pain relief. I present some clinical indications of the Kampo herbal medicine which is easy to use