Yokukansan

Yokukansan　(Japanese name) is a medicine inspired by the original Chinese formulation Yi-Gan San. Both of them use the same characters, 抑肝散, they are traditional Asian herbal medicines.[1][2] Yokukansan (YKS) contains an exactly measured[3] mixture of dried herbs, 4 g of Atractylodis lanceae rhizoma (蒼朮), 4 g of Poria (伏苓), 3 g of Cnidii rhizoma (川芎), 3 g of Angelicae radix (当帰), 2 g of Bupleuri radix (柴胡), 1.5 g of Glycyrrhizae radix (甘草), and 3 g of Uncariae uncis cum ramulus (釣藤鈎).[4]

History

The original Chinese formula was first described in 保嬰撮要[5]

See also

References
  1. Ikarashi, Y.; Iizuka, S.; Imamura, S.; Yamaguchi, T.; Sekiguchi, K.; Kanno, H.; Kawakami, Z.; Yuzurihara, M.; Kase, Y.; Takeda, S. (2009). "Effects of Yokukansan, a Traditional Japanese Medicine, on Memory Disturbance and Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Thiamine-Deficient Rats". Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 32 (10): 1701–9. doi:10.1248/bpb.32.1701. PMID 19801831.
  2. Clinical Potential of Yi-Gan San (Yokukansan) for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
  3. https://www.japan-medical-insurance.com/resources/articles/japanese-herbal-medicine.php
  4. Iwasaki, K; Satoh-Nakagawa, T; Maruyama, M; et al. (2005). "A randomized, observer-blind, controlled trial of the traditional Chinese medicine Yi-Gan San for improvement of behavioral and psychological symptoms and activities of daily living in dementia patients". J Clin Psychiatry. 66 (2): 248–252. doi:10.4088/jcp.v66n0214. PMID 15705012.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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