抄録
Recently, the administration of traditional Chinese herbal medicines (Kampo medicine) has increased especially, in the form of Kampo extrast granules, as a medical treatment in dentistry and oral surgery. We surveyed the use of Kampo medicine in our hospital from April 1995 to March 1996. A total of 53, 884 prescriptions were issued during this period, including 3, 373 prescriptions (6.26%) for Kampo medicine. The following Kampo medicines were the most frequently prescribed: Bakumondo-to (14.7%), Juzentaiho-to (14.6%), Kami-shoyosan (10.2%), and Sho-saiko-to (9.9%). These accounted for almost half of all the Kampo medicine used in our hospital. The main indications for Kampo medicine were due to the following chronic diseases; glossodynia (22.1%), xerostomia (19.4%), oral cancer (16.8%), and atypical facial pain (16.2%) etc. These indications mainly determined by the Department of Oral Surgery and the Department of Anesthesiology. Regarding patient age, the largest group consisted of patients in their seventies (31%), almost 60% of all patients prescribed Kampo medicine were above 60 years old. The ratio among men and women was 3 to 7. This survey suggests that a lot of Kampo medicine has been recently introduced for certain indications in dentistry and oral surgery.
