Thu. May 16, 2019 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Room 2 (2F Room A)

Organizer: Juichi Sato(Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
Chair: Kiyoshi Minamizawa(Department of oriental medicine, Kameda medical center, Japan), Juichi Sato(Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)

The Japanese medical service has been maintaining a good level with the mainstream use of modern western medicine, but traditional medicine (Japanese oriental medicine) is also playing an important role. Kampo (traditional herbal medicine) is integrated into the Japanese national health care system. Every Japanese doctor can prescribe Kampo formulas in their daily clinical practice and most primary care physicians usually use it to solve many problems. In addition, acupuncture can help alleviate various types of pain without the use of drugs. Much research in this area has been conducted and it is becoming clear that acupuncture can play a significant part in today’s medical service. By using Kampo and acupuncture, we can have another point of view from which to understand patients’ sickness and offer another way of treatment which values patients’ constitutions, quality of life and circumstances. In this symposium, we will give presentations about the use of Kampo therapies in primary care and general hospitals, acupuncture to treat pain, and how oriental medical care has supported people after a large scale disaster. We hope to demonstrate the efficacy of Japanese oriental medicine, which is widely used in various settings of medical services in our country.