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Kampo Medicines - YAML

Kampo medicine is a unique Japanese traditional medicine that originated from ancient Chinese medicine and developed to suit Japan's climate and culture. Currently, 148 prescriptions are covered by national health insurance as medical Kampo preparations, and 294 prescriptions are approved as over-the-counter Kampo preparations. Treatment is provided according to constitution and symptoms using prescriptions combining crude drugs.

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- code: "TJ-1"
  slug: "kakkonto"
  name: "Kakkonto"
  description: "A representative Kampo medicine used for early-stage colds, stiff shoulders, and headaches."
  category: "Surface-releasing formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-14"
  slug: "hangeshashinto"
  name: "Hangeshashinto"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for gastrointestinal disorders, indigestion, and stomatitis."
  category: "Stomach-harmonizing and spleen-strengthening formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-17"
  slug: "goreisan"
  name: "Goreisan"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for watery diarrhea, headache, edema, and hangovers."
  category: "Water-draining and dampness-percolating formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-43"
  slug: "rikkunshito"
  name: "Rikkunshito"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for gastritis, gastroptosis, loss of appetite, and vomiting."
  category: "Qi-tonifying formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-41"
  slug: "hochuekkito"
  name: "Hochuekkito"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for fatigue, weak constitution, loss of appetite, and post-illness recovery."
  category: "Qi-tonifying formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-54"
  slug: "yokukansan"
  name: "Yokukansan"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for neurosis, insomnia, night crying in children, and behavioral symptoms of dementia."
  category: "Sedative formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-68"
  slug: "shakuyakukanzoto"
  name: "Shakuyakukanzoto"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for muscle cramps, leg cramps, and abdominal pain."
  category: "Spasm-relieving formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-100"
  slug: "daikenchuto"
  name: "Daikenchuto"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for cold abdomen, pain, and abdominal bloating."
  category: "Interior-warming and cold-dispelling formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-107"
  slug: "goshajinkigan"
  name: "Goshajinkigan"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for lower limb pain, lower back pain, frequent urination, and edema."
  category: "Yang-tonifying formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-108"
  slug: "ninjinyoeito"
  name: "Ninjinyoeito"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for anemia, fatigue, and physical weakness after illness."
  category: "Tonifying formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-24"
  slug: "daisaikoto"
  name: "Daisaikoto"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for obesity, hypertension, constipation, and gallstones."
  category: "Shaoyang-harmonizing formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-23"
  slug: "tokishakuyakusan"
  name: "Tokishakuyakusan"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for anemia, cold sensitivity, menstrual pain, and menopausal disorders."
  category: "Blood-tonifying formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-28"
  slug: "keishibukuryogan"
  name: "Keishibukuryogan"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for cold sensitivity, irregular menstruation, menopausal disorders, and skin problems."
  category: "Blood-activating and stasis-removing formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-16"
  slug: "shoseiryuto"
  name: "Shoseiryuto"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for bronchitis, asthma, and allergic rhinitis."
  category: "Surface-releasing and fluid-resolving formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-19"
  slug: "maoto"
  name: "Maoto"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for early-stage colds, chills, fever, headache, and cough."
  category: "Surface-releasing formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-25"
  slug: "kamishoyosan"
  name: "Kamishoyosan"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for cold sensitivity, irregular menstruation, menopausal disorders, and irritability."
  category: "Harmonizing formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-20"
  slug: "hangekobokuto"
  name: "Hangekobokuto"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for foreign body sensation in the throat, nervous gastritis, and anxiety neurosis."
  category: "Qi-regulating formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-27"
  slug: "saikokeishito"
  name: "Saikokeishito"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for neurosis, insomnia, gastritis, and cold sensitivity."
  category: "Harmonizing formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-22"
  slug: "bakumondoto"
  name: "Bakumondoto"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for cough with difficult-to-expectorate phlegm, bronchitis, and pharyngitis."
  category: "Dryness-moistening and phlegm-resolving formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-26"
  slug: "juzentaihoto"
  name: "Juzentaihoto"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for physical weakness after illness, fatigue, and anemia."
  category: "Tonifying formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true
- code: "TJ-29"
  slug: "hachimijiogan"
  name: "Hachimijiogan"
  description: "A Kampo medicine used for fatigue, frequent urination, cold sensitivity, and lower back pain."
  category: "Yang-tonifying formula"
  insuranceCovered: true
  otcAvailable: true