ABSTRACT
We evaluated the effect of Kampo (Japanese herbal) medicine for overactive bladder (OAB), exacerbated by coldness. There were 258 OAB patients who visited our clinic between October and November. Thirty-one percent (79 out of 258) of those patients began Kampo treatment with their OAB drugs. Furthermore Kampo medicines for 49% of cases (39 out of 79) were for coldness. The prognosis of coldnesses which were treated by Kampo medicine at the next spring were as follows. An “effective and continued” group accounted for 54%, and an “effective but discontinued” group for 25%. An “ineffective and discontinued” group accounted for21%. There was a significant difference in mean age between the “effective and continued” group (63 ± 7.3) and “effective but discontinued” group (44 ± 11) (p < 0.01). Thus, the QOL of OAB patients should improve with Kampo medicine co-administered with OAB drugs.