Keijyuro Wada's “IKAINO-TETTSUI” and Assignments of Kampo Medicine
10.3937/kampomed.61.938
- VernacularTitle:和田啓十郎著『医界之鉄椎』と漢方の課題
- Author:
Katsutoshi TERASAWA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Keijyuro Wada;
Ikaino-tettsui Kampo
- From:Kampo Medicine
2010;61(7):938-955
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Keijyuro Wada's Ikaino-tettsui (The Iron Hammer of the Medical World) was first published in 1910, just a hundred years ago. This book admonishes against the influence of modern Western medicine, which is based on the theory of element reductionism. Wada insisted that a reevaluation of Kampo medicine was essential to create a holistic medical system. Immediately after the book was published, Dr. Ryuken Hirade proposed a bitter criticism of it in a medical journal. Dr. Hirade, at that time, was leader of a well-respected medical society in Nagoya. His bitter criticism is very meaningful for us who engaged in Kampo medicine today. There is a conflict betweenthe two different paradigms of Western and Eastern medicine. This lecture intends to discuss our challenges facing Kampo medicine based on Ryuken Hirade's opinions.
