The Essence of Hippocrates
10.3937/kampomed.62.103
- VernacularTitle:医の心
- Author:
Kunio MATSUDA
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- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Kampo medicine;
Dosan Manase;
Tohkaku Wada;
Youdou Odai;
Souhaku Asada
- From:Kampo Medicine
2011;62(2):103-112
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Twelve of the best-noted doctors, mainly from the Edo Period (the golden age of Kampo in Japan), were selected for a discussion of how they taught their apprentices about attitudes towards patients when examining and treating.This showed that these excellent doctors had, as a matter of course, the knowledge and techniques to cure their patients: what's more, they were sincere as well as understanding of their patients' minds. Learning and practicing Kampo medicine requires us to have a keener sense of observation. By learning Kampo medicine in addition to western medicine, we could even be Hippocrates!
