The First Recipe for Bukuryo(Hoelen) to the Kampo Formula, Anchu-san-ka-bukuryo / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

The author's first paper entitled “The First Recipe for Amomi Semen to the Kampo Formula, Anchu-san” was published in Volume 47 Number 2 of the Japanese Journal of Oriental Medicine. In this paper, the first appearance of the crude drug Bukuryo (Hoelen) in the formula Anchu-san-ka-bukuryo, which is listed in the Standardized Drug Prices of Japan, is examined.<br>The only manufacturer of this product remarked that the ‘Explanation of Clinical Applications of Kampo Formulas, ’ by Yakazu Domei, is the source of the formula Anchu-san-ka-bukuryo, since it includes the statement, “In many cases, Hoelen 5.0 is added.” In the ‘Hoizokucho, ’ published by Murase Toshu in 1889 (Meiji 22), however, it is noted that the addition of Hoelen to Ju fang Anchu-san is most suitable. In the “‘Kokonhoi’ and its Clinical Applications, ” published in Volume 2 Number 9 of the Journal of Kampo Medicine, Yakazu states that the ‘Hoizokucho’ can supplement the ‘Kokonhoi’, and that these two books are the best reference texts. It seems clear that Yakazu must have known about the presence of Hoelen in the ‘Hoizokucho, ’ since the description of Hoelen in the ‘Explanation of Clinical Applications of Kampo Formulas’ appears to be based on the ‘Hoizokucho.’ Yakazu confirmend this to the author when asked about this point. These considerations suggest that the source of Hoelen in Anchu-san-ka-bukuryo is the ‘Hoizokucho.’