<b>Standardization of Kampo Medical Findings in a Specialized Kampo Medical Service Facility </b> / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

Standardizing Kampo medical findings is a significant challenge in Kampo medical circles. These findings are fundamental to Kampo diagnosis. This paper introduces our attempt to standardize these findings in a specialized Kampo medical service facility.<br>We started our project with verbal standardization. Nine medical doctors, all of whom were Kampo advisors or Kampo specialists, discussed issues such as subjective and objective findings, including those of the tongue, pulse, and abdomen, as well as the selection of target items, criteria for judgments on each item, and associated issues. When discussing the above issues, descriptions in prominent traditional Kampo texts were given most importance, and the wisdom of famous Kampo doctors since the Showa period was also given weight. In addition, we focused attention on clarifying the criteria for making judgments.<br>One hundred and twenty items were selected as subjective Kampo findings. We selected 12, 6 and 10 items as objective Kampo findings in the tongue, pulse, and abdomen, respectively, and provided criteria for judgments with each.<br>Our next challenge is to spread these standardizations in Kampo medical circles.