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| Kampo practitioners in Japan
created a systematic and scientific methodology for managing
health. The kampo methodology developed in Japan differs
from Western medicine in its fundamental approach to disease.
Western medicine tends to diagnose diseases simply as
the results of pathogens. The modern Western approach
is to treat diseases by concentrating on eliminating the
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In kampo,
physicians regard health problems as deviations from the
body's natural balance. Kampo therapy concentrates on
restoring that balance. The emphasis is on regaining physiological
stability, or homeostasis.
Kampo is a comprehensive approach that reaches beyond
physical causes in diagnosing and treating health disorders.
In administering kampo, physicians tend to be more attentive
than their Western counter-parts to patients' own perceptions
of symptoms. Kampo practitioners regard dialogue with
the patients as more important than the arbitrary findings
of diagnostic instruments and reagents. Based on careful
consideration of each patient's individual constitution
and lifestyle, the physicians prescribe the optimal kampo
preparations. |
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