Kampo therapy for pain in neurosurgery area

Abstract

Kampo therapy for pain of neurosurgery area was surveyed. Pain of trigeminal neuralgia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia are, often, untreatable with modern medical method, anticonvulsant, and neurosurgery. Some of Kampo medicines can reduce their stubborn pain. For migraine and tension headache, Kampo prescription should be constructed according to the condition of the patient, for example sympathetic tension, coldness, stagnation of blood and edematous state. Headache and orofacial pain from cervical abnormalities is well responsive to Kampo medicine. Kampo therapy today must be done on the basis of informations from modern medicine.