Sex and Age, As the Influential Factors in the Process of Selecting a Chinese Medical Prescription (KANPO-Medicine) / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

In order to testify the hypothesis that sex and age of a patient should be influential factors in the process of selecting the KANPO medicine (Chinese medicine), we statistically analyzed the KANPO prescriptions (4, 848 times in total) which had been given to the outpatients (3, 156 in total number) on the lst visit at the Japanese KANPO Medicine Research center's Shibuya Clinic from the lst of Dec. 1981 through the 30th of Nov. 1982.<BR>The ranking of the medicines, from the most frequently used, was as follows (1) Males; (1) Shoseiryu-to, (2) Hachimi-gan, (3) Saikokeishi-to, (4) Shosaiko-to, (5) Saikokaryukotsuborei-to, (2) Fermales; (1) Kamishoyo-san, (2) Tokishakuyaku-san, (3) Keishibukuryo-gan, (4) Shoseiryu-to, (5) Keishikajutsubu-to. The difference by sex is apparent.<BR>The distribution of age of the patients were not even in number. So, after correcting this unevenness by a certain calculation, it was studied about each medicine (above mentioned), if there might be some relationship between age and the number of how many times the medicine was prescribed for the patients of corresponding age. As the result, the frequencies of using a certain medicine seemed to be changed in relation to age. Every medicine seemed to have its own pattern in this point of view.<BR>For example, Shoseiryu-to was most often used among the younger patients of both males and females. To the contrary, Hachimi-gan was most often used among the older male. Kamishoyo-san had its peak of usage among 40s' and 50s' female.<BR>These facts seem to justify our hypohesis. We also discussed this problem from the historial view.