Shoseiryuto (Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang)
Shoseiryutoconsists of eight component herbs: Pinelliae tuber, Glycyrrhizae
radix, Ephedra herba, Paeoniae radix, Cinnamomi cortex, Schisandrae
fructus, Asiasari radixand Zingiberis processum rhizoma.
Shoseiryutohas been used clinically for the treatment of certain ‘cold’
syndromes: bronchitis, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and rhinitis
accompanying oedema, paroxysmal sneezing and watery nasal secretion
relating to abnormal water balance. There is evidence from a double-blind
clinical study that Shoseiryutois effective in the treatment of allergic rhinitis
Saibokuto (Chai-Pu-Tang)
Saibokutoconsists of 10 component herbs: Bupleuri radix, Pinelliae tuber,
Poria, Scutellariae radix, Ginseng radix, Zizyphi fructus, Magnoliae cortex,
Perillae herba, Glycyrrhizae radixand Zingiberis rhizoma.
Saibokutohas been used for the treatments of respiratory diseases such
as paediatric asthma, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, cough, weakness of the
constitution and anxiety neurosis accompanying unusual feelings in the
throat and oesophagus, and depressed feeling, and occasionally palpitation,
vertigo and nausea.
Kampo formulae for digestive disorders
Shosaikoto (Xiao-Chai-Hu-Tang)
Shosaikotoconsists of seven component herbs: Pinelliae tuber, Zyzyphi
fructus, Glycyrrhizae radix, Ginseng radix, Bupeuri radix, Zingiberis rhizoma
and Scutellariaeradix.
Shosaikoto is specifically used for treatments of patients with tenderness
on pressure of the right subcostal region, and has been applied for cure and
improvement of chronic dysfunction of the digestive system, dysfunction
of liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis, infectious diseases with fever,
common cold in a late stage and weak constitution of children, etc.
Shosaikoto has been recognised as one of the biological response modifiers.
Rikkunshito (Liu-Jun-Zi-Tang)
Rikkunshitoconsists of eight component herbs: Ginseng radix, Atractylodis
rhizoma, Poria, Pinelliae tuber, Aurantii nobilis pericarpium, Zizyphi
fructus, Glycyrrhizae radixand Zingiberis rhizoma.
Rikkunshitohas been used for the treatment of several complaints accom-
panied by digestive disorders such as gastric ulcer and chronic gastritis, and
several digestivedisorders after gastrectomy.
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