The Essence of Hippocrates

Abstract

Twelve of the best-noted doctors, mainly from the Edo Period (the golden age of Kampo in Japan), were selected for a discussion of how they taught their apprentices about attitudes towards patients when examining and treating. This showed that these excellent doctors had, as a matter of course, the knowledge and techniques to cure their patients : what's more, they were sincere as well as understanding of their patients' minds. Learning and practicing Kampo medicine requires us to have a keener sense of observation. By learning Kampo medicine in addition to western medicine, we could even be Hippocrates! Kampo medicine, Dosan Manase, Tohkaku Wada, Youdou Odai, Souhaku Asada.