“…A literature review was performed to identify articles published between 1992 and 2020 describing patients who used Kampo medicine for NTM-PD, and the final cohort included 26 patients in nine articles. Various kinds of Kampo medicines, such as hochuekkito, ninjin'yoeito, or bukuryoshigyakuto [4] were used for NTM-PD. Generally, Kampo medicines have the potential to upregulate host immunity rather than exerting bactericidal effects.…”