Kanpo

Kanpo is Japan’s traditional tonic (from medicinal herbs). Kanpo’s letter was came from two china character, there are Kan (han) means “from China”, and po (ho) means “way”. It means, before Kanpo reached Japan, Kanpo was China traditional treatment since thousand years ago. In 593, Suiko – Japan’s woman empress – sent her delegation to Korea, when in that time Korean used China medicinal treatment. Because China’s treatment was very practical, the empress sent two delegations to studied in China. They also learned to mixed herbs and Yin and Yang unsure to patient from China’s traditional healer. This treatment pattern brought to Japan and called Kanpo.

In Heian period, a student named Yasuyori Tanba, succeeded in studied Japan’s ancient treatment book “isshinho”, sourced from China. In this book, wrote about 17.000 medicine formulas and shorten become 365 medicinal herbs, consist of 120 joyaku or high medicinal, 120 chuyaku or middle medicinal, and 125 shimoyaku or low medicinal.

Joyaku used for common illness (ex. for vitality) and shimoyaku used for serious illness. But if consume continually can make negative side effect. And then, Kanpo maker in China fixed the formulas in order to make no side effect with using animal skin and fossil. But Japanese keep commit that base material of Kanpo was herbs.

Japanese modern citizens nowadays know Kanpo as Japanese Herbal Therapy. Kanpo used as illness healer and health keeper. Kanpo also can heal depression impact like insomnia, nervous, nightmare, etc.

Some of Japanese use Kanpo by themselves (no consultation) named Individual Kanpo Treatments with Barley Sprouts, this formula can heal sadness and depression for adults.

The way is : 6-15 gram barley sprout and 1 cup of water mixed together, drink once a day.

But this formula not for suckled mother.

Biota used to heal people who has depression indication, this herbal usually sell in tablet, and not for continually.

Licorice used for depression with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), this formula can smoothing blood stream, increasing oxygen supply to brain, and make mood better. Whis formula can drink every day for 6 weeks, not for they who have high blood pressure, leukemia, melanoma, and woman who has reproduction system interference.

Morinda used to keep health and increasing man’s vitality, the impact is difficult to urinate. . Beside medicinal herbs I said above, there are another medicinal herbs like Biota Seed pill to Nourish the heart, Coptis Decoction to destroy poison in body, etc. And those all Kanpo was made from herbs.