We studied the status of Kampo preparations at Iizuka Hospital by analyzing the content of doctors' prescriptions outside the department of Japanese Traditional (Kampo) Medicine.
Our method of analysis was to convert the prescription volume (or quantity) of into a number of Kampo packets for every half-year starting from 2003. As a result of this research, we saw that Kampo preparation volume gradually increased from 2003. Furthermore, we reviewed the content and volume of Kampo preparations prescribed by each doctor and department in the second half of 2009. Accordingly, the most prescribed Kampo preparation was daikenchuto, followed by daiokanzoto and goshajinkigan.
Moreover, Kampo preparations were prescribed by 87% of all doctors and departments. The Department of Surgery prescribed more than any other. And similarly characteristic usage patterns were seen for the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Urology.
Thus we suggest that Kampo preparations are useful for medical treatment in the Hospital.