Kampo Medicine

Overview

Offers Kampo-based care using traditional Japanese herbal medicine, often in combination with modern medical evaluation for chronic symptoms and functional disorders.

Key Strengths at Kobe University Hospital

• Traditional Japanese medicine integrated into university-hospital care rather than provided as a stand-alone alternative service.
• Symptom-oriented treatment for chronic pain, fatigue, gastrointestinal complaints, and other persistent symptoms that may not be fully controlled by standard therapy.
• Individualized treatment selection based on both Kampo principles and modern medical assessment.

Major Conditions / Services

• Chronic pain, fatigue, and constitutional symptoms
• Functional gastrointestinal complaints and menopausal or autonomic symptoms
• Supportive care for symptoms not fully controlled by standard therapy

Representative Procedures / Programs

• Kampo formulation–based treatment planning
• Integrated symptom management with conventional departments
• Longitudinal care for chronic functional complaints