Difference of the Definitions of “Ginger” and “Processed Ginger” Between the Edo Era and the Present in Kampo / 日本東洋医学雑誌
Kampo Medicine
;
: 406-417, 2020.
Article
in Japanese
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| ID: wpr-924521
ABSTRACT
Kampo physicians in the Showa era, such as ARAKI Seiji and OTSUKA Keisetsu, had called raw ginger as the herbal medicament “ginger”, and processed or unprocessed dried ginger as the medicament “processed ginger”. However, many Kampo physicians in the present Japan call unprocessed dried ginger as the medicament “ginger”, and processed dried ginger as the medicament “processed ginger”. The aim of this study is to investigate the background of the process of this change from the Showa era to the present. We searched the definitions of the medicaments “ginger” and “processed ginger” in successive Japanese Pharmacopoeia editions and other related books describing these definitions. In Japanese Kampo medicine before the Showa era, the herbal medicament “ginger” had referred to raw ginger, and the medicament “processed ginger” had referred to processed or unprocessed dried ginger. However, after the Heisei era, the medicaments “ginger” and “processed ginger” have referred to unprocessed dried ginger and processed dried ginger, respectively. And the raw ginger has been called as “preserved ginger”.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Language:
Japanese
Journal:
Kampo Medicine
Year:
2020
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Article
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