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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Karuppagounder, Vengadeshprabhu
• Nomoto, Mayumi
• Watanabe, Kenichi

Titel

Chapter 10 - Antiinflammatory Effects of Kampo Medicines in Atopic Dermatitis

Ist Teil von

• Japanese Kampo Medicines for the Treatment of Common Diseases, 2017, p.89-95

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin disease caused by several factors. This is a major global problem in industrialized and industrializing countries. Japanese traditional herbal medicines, called Kampo medicines, have a long history in Japan and China for the treatment of various skin diseases such as AD. They also have antioxidant, antiinflammatory, and antiallergy activities. The preventive and therapeutic effects of Kampo medicines are associated with their antiinflammatory and antioxidant properties. Animal and clinical studies suggest that Kampo medicines are useful for treating inflammatory skin diseases, which might promote the use of Kampo medicines to develop new therapeutic agents for AD. Here we discuss the reported effects Kampo medicine treatment for inflammatory skin diseases and AD, with a focus on the molecular basis of this effect.