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Role of Kampo Medicine in Integrative Cancer Therapy
Joint Authors
Nishio, Matomo
Kobayashi, Junji
Moriya, Junji
Uenishi, Hiroaki
Motoo, Yoshiharu
Ogawa, Masao
Yamakawa, Jun-ichi
Sasagawa, Toshiyuki
Akazawa, Sumiyo
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Clinical trials to date demonstrate that standard cancer treatments are currently the most efficient treatments for large numbers of cancer patients.
Cancer treatments will increasingly require approaches that allow patients to live with cancer, by increasing their natural healing power and tumor immunity, as well as attenuating the progression of their cancers, instead of only attacking the cancer cells directly.
Complementary and alternative medicine, including Kampo medicine, compensates for the drawbacks of western medicine by increasing patients’ self-defense mechanisms.
In Japan, clinicians who have studied both western medicine and Kampo treat cancer patients by fusing the two medical systems into a unitary one.
The goal of the system is to assist the functional maintenance and recovery of the living body complex with the physical, mental, social, and spiritual balance, rather than addressing direct antitumor effects.
In this review, we describe the usefulness of Kampo medicine, especially juzentaihoto, and outline the reports on evidence, in addition to the report on an attitudinal survey about the use of Kampo medicine in cancer treatment in Japan.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yamakawa, Jun-ichi& Motoo, Yoshiharu& Moriya, Junji& Ogawa, Masao& Uenishi, Hiroaki& Akazawa, Sumiyo…[et al.]. 2013. Role of Kampo Medicine in Integrative Cancer Therapy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481616
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yamakawa, Jun-ichi…[et al.]. Role of Kampo Medicine in Integrative Cancer Therapy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481616
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yamakawa, Jun-ichi& Motoo, Yoshiharu& Moriya, Junji& Ogawa, Masao& Uenishi, Hiroaki& Akazawa, Sumiyo…[et al.]. Role of Kampo Medicine in Integrative Cancer Therapy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-481616
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-481616