Abstract
Evidence‐Based Reconstruction of Kampo Medicine: Part II—The Concept of Sho
Highlights
In this lecture, I would like to focus on and discuss what I think is the central concept of Kampo: the concept of Sho
If Western scientists and physicians are told that the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) paradigm is so different from modern Western medicine that they should first switch the paradigm itself, they will be hopeless when they try to come to terms with any specific Kampo or TCM remedies
In some sense this is true and it is very risky for Western physicians to pick up any Kampo or TCM formulae outside the context of Kampo’s cognitive paradigm
Summary
I would like to focus on and discuss what I think is the central concept of Kampo: the concept of Sho. For rigorous practitioners of TCM this would be a great insult, as their diagnostic interpretations are not recognized as official or scientific categories of diseases Nowadays it has become more common for Japanese medical doctors to prescribe Kampo formula just by saying that the patient has a condition which requires such formula. As drugs covered by NHIS can only be prescribed by medical doctors trained in Western medicine in Japan, there is a tendency for them to use Kampo formula without paying much attention to the TCM interpretations of the symptoms of the patient. I think the mainstream of Kampo is Shooriented, meaning that it does not rely so much on the rigorous interpretation of the disease state in terms of the basic TCM concepts as on the direct practical effects of a formula itself. Disease Condition (or States) Categories: Yin-Yo (Ying-Yang), Jitsu-Kyo and Kan-Netsu
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