1 The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine (Japanese only)
(branch of the Japan Association of Medical Sciences)
Location Nihonbashi Nakadori Building 4F
2-2-20, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027
Tel 81-3-3274-5060
Established 1950
Members 10,866 (June 1994) clinicians 60%, others 40%
Scope of activity Investigation and research on oriental medicine
2 Medical and Pharmaceutical Society for WAKAN-YAKU (Japanese only)
Location c/o Research Institute for WAKAN-YAKU Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University Faculty of Medicine 2630, Suginami, Toyama 930-0194
Tel 81-764-34-2281 (ext. 2815/2817)
Established 1984
Members 1,200 (March 1995)
Scope of activity Scientific investigation of WAKAN-YAKU in traditional medicine, modern medicine and pharmacology
3 The Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy

Location c/o The Japanese Society Office 5-16-9, Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8622
Tel 81-3-5814-5801
Established 1946
Members 1,428
Scope of activity Research on Pharmacognosy, natural substance chemistry, cultivation and production of medicinal plants and traditional medicine, and development of new drugs of plant origin
4 The Association of East-Asian Medicine
Location c/o Iseisha, Negishi Building 2-1-15, Misakicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061
Tel 81-3-3264-8410
Established 1938
Members 1,800 Physicians, pharmacists, practitioners of acupuncture and moxibustion, and others
Scope of activity Treatment, theory and history of oriental medicine
5 The Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Location 3-44-14, Minami-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0005
Tel 81-3-3985-6188
Established 1980 Basic 10%, Clinical 90%
Members 2,753
Scope of activity Research on acupuncture and moxibustion
  • physiological mechanism
  • clinical medicine
  • related domains
  • veterinary medicine
  • electrical engineering on therapy and diagnosis


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