JAPANESE MEDICINE

By

Ping T. Chong

Ashley Greer

Sabrina Olkeriil

What is KAMPO?

•Kampo is a traditional Chinese medicine in which Japanese adopted and study.

•Unique herbs medical system and diagnosis

•“Kampo (also written Kanpo, Kampo is the older transliteration) literally means the Han Method, referring to the herbal system of China that developed during the Han Dynasty.” By Dharmananda

• Shen Nung-god of farming and botanical medicine in China.

• Tasted hundreds of plants• Ingested poisonous plants 70 plus times a day• Led to knowledge of medicinal properties of

herbs • Able to treat diseases

• Practice acupuncture and moxibustion and herbs. (Shen Nung )

Kampo Medicine in Japan

•Kampo medicine came to Japan during the 7th through 9th Centuries.•Jian Zhen introduced Chinese medicine

•Number of Japanese took interest in learning•The Xinxiu Bencao (Newly Revised Materia Medica) also known as the Tang Bencao, Tang Dynasty Materia Medica, 659 A.D.),

•Japanese Health Ministry used this book to study in 787 A.D.•844 medicinal substances weren’t available in Japan

•Yasuyori Tamba, author of Ishimpo (984 A.D.) •Oldest Japanese book•Contained 30 individually titled scrolls

Two School of Kampo in Japan•The Goiseha School

• Founded by Sanki Tashiro (1465-1537)• After 12-year’s of visit, he built this school• Encountered powerful influences such as Jin-

Yuan• Influenced by leading physcicians of Jin-Yuan

• Li Gao (1180-1251)• Zhu Danxi (1281-1358• Both founders of Spleen/Stomach school and

Nourishing Yin School•Expansion begun during 16th century, continion until the 17th century•Manase Dosan (1507-1594)

•Student of Sanki and most important figure •Wrote Keitekishu•Founded Keiteki-In, private medical school in Kyoto

•Kohoha School (School of Classical Formulas)• Led by Zou Shu (1790-1844), author of Ben Jing

Shu Zheng)• Opposed the Jin-Yuan medical knowledge • Replaced the Goseiha School• Emphasized the teachings of Shanghan Lun and

Hejiju Fang• Key features was matching a symptom and sign

complex• Large formulas were made• Gong Tingxian (1522-1619), important influence

• Made larger herbs• Made Kampo well-established in Japan

Japanese Acupuncture•Acupuncture is an age-old, East Asian form of treatment where needles are inserted to specified points along meridian lines to influence the restore balance to the flow of qi. •Japanese acupuncture use finer needles for relaxation which are inserted beneath the skin with a small tube for guidance.•Touching is emphasized in the pre-exam of Japanese acupuncture in order to determine proper needle insertion points and treatment strategy•Acupunturists study TCM and Western medicine for 3 years giving them the skills to diagnose and treat patients in different.

Herbal Medicine• Plants contain phytochemicals that have effects on the body• Animal products are used in Chinese and Kampo formulae. Dried

seahorses, buffalo and rhinoceros horn, and bees are widely used to cure diseases or maintain overall balance of Qi.

• There are many ways to use herbal medicines. The most common ways are pills, cook with other food, reduced-herbal broth, and made into herb extracts paste to apply on skin or wound.

• Herbal science is broadly taught around the world.

Dried Seahorse Herbal Medicine ShopHerb extracts paste for external use

Western Medicine and Kampo•Theories of traditional Chinese medicine assert that the body has natural patterns of qi that circulate in channels called meridians in English. Symptoms of various illnesses are often believed to be the product of disrupted, blocked or unbalanced qi movement (interrupted flow) through the body’s meridians, as well as deficiencies or imbalances of qi. (compare back to sci. ppt.)

Qi/ 氣 & Five Movements/ 五行

Four Humours

East Meets West

West: Bloodletting East: 放血

Bloodletting & 放血Theory

• Temporarily reduce blood pressure by reduction in blood

volume. • Open blockage allowing blood and

Qi to circulate through the entire

body.• Promoting the

balance of Five Movements.

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