The drug therapies for pregnant woman should consider the safety of the mother, and the embryo. And safety during pregnancy has not been well-established with Kampo therapies.Therefore, it would be best to refrain from administering these medicines except when there is serious disease, or when a pregnant woman's QOL might be degraded. Even so, it would be advantageous if there were still a way to treat pregnant women with no risk.Thus, we treated6pregnant women suffering from allergic conditions such as allergic rhinitis, urticaria or atopic dermatitis, by using herbs which are also used as foods, in an attempt to offer Kampo treatments which were also safe. As a result, efficacy was demonstrated, and no problems were caused.Accordingly, we propose the use of edible Kampo herbs as a safety standard. The safety of each herb used in this report was examined clinically, and in the literature.Other edible herbs not used in this report are tabulated and shown.
Medicine, Kampo ; Therapeutic procedure ; Safety ; Allergic ; Pregnant - adjective