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Toxicological aspects of Kampo medicines in clinical use
Fumio Ikegami1, Yuichi Fujii, Kazuhisa Ishihara
1Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-cho 1-33, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan. ikegami@p.chiba-u.ac.jp
Chemico-Biological Interactions
|May 7, 2003
Abstract:
Among 210 medicinal prescriptions used in present-day Japan, the clinical uses and the acute, chronic and mutagenic toxicity study of 16 Kampo (Japanese herbal) medicines are summarized. These Kampo medicines are classified into two categories; eight prescriptions containing Bupleurum root (Bupleurum falcatum L.) such as Sho-saiko-to and Saiko-keishi-to, and eight prescriptions not containing Bupleurum root such as Juzen-taiho-to and Ninjin-yoei-to. Studies of some potential interaction between herbal medicine and western drugs are also described.