Difference of the Definitions of “Ginger” and “Processed Ginger” Between the Edo Era and the Present in Kampo
- VernacularTitle:「生姜」と「乾姜」の定義について江戸時代と現代日本漢方での違いとその経緯についての一考察
- Author:
Hiroshi KOIKE
1
;
Takanori MATSUOKA
2
;
Tsukasa FUEKI
3
;
Toshiaki MAKINO
4
Author Information
- Keywords: ginger; processed ginger; dried ginger; preserved ginger; The Japanese Pharmacopoeia
- From:Kampo Medicine 2020;71(4):406-417
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Kampo physicians in the Showa era, such as ARAKI Seiji and OTSUKA Keisetsu, had called raw ginger as the herbal medicament “ginger”, and processed or unprocessed dried ginger as the medicament “processed ginger”. However, many Kampo physicians in the present Japan call unprocessed dried ginger as the medicament “ginger”, and processed dried ginger as the medicament “processed ginger”. The aim of this study is to investigate the background of the process of this change from the Showa era to the present. We searched the definitions of the medicaments “ginger” and “processed ginger” in successive Japanese Pharmacopoeia editions and other related books describing these definitions. In Japanese Kampo medicine before the Showa era, the herbal medicament “ginger” had referred to raw ginger, and the medicament “processed ginger” had referred to processed or unprocessed dried ginger. However, after the Heisei era, the medicaments “ginger” and “processed ginger” have referred to unprocessed dried ginger and processed dried ginger, respectively. And the raw ginger has been called as “preserved ginger”.
