Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine Center for Advanced Kampo Medicine and Clinical Reseach, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
TAKUJI YAMAGUCHI
Center for Advanced Kampo Medicine and Clinical Reseach, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
YUMIKO KURIHARA
Center for Advanced Kampo Medicine and Clinical Reseach, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
CHEOLSUN HAN
Center for Advanced Kampo Medicine and Clinical Reseach, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
HIROYUKI KOBAYASHI
Center for Advanced Kampo Medicine and Clinical Reseach, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
HAJIME ARAI
Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
Kampo is being reappraised as complementary alternative medicine due to emerging clinical evidence from randomized controlled studies and partial elucidation of the mechanism of actions from basic studies. In this paper we introduce our clinical experience and some clinical reports to describe the effectiveness of two widely prescribed Kampo extract in neurosurgery: goreisan for the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma, and yokukansan for dementia.
