Standardization of Kampo Medical Findings in a Specialized Kampo Medical Service Facility
10.3937/kampomed.64.344
- VernacularTitle:一漢方専門施設における漢方医学的所見の平準化の試み
- Author:
Toshihiko HANAWA
;
Hiroshi ODAGUCHI
;
Akino WAKASUGI
;
Go ITO
;
Tetsuro OIKAWA
;
Kunihiko SUZUKI
;
Tomoyuki HAYASAKI
;
Emi SAITO
;
Yukari GONO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Kampo medical finding;
tongue diagnosis;
pulse diagnosis;
abdominal diagnosis;
standardization
- From:Kampo Medicine
2013;64(6):344-351
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
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.
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.
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.
Our next challenge is to spread these standardizations in Kampo medical circles.
