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Conference Report
Impressions of the 3rd ISJKM

Pharmacists in Vienna. This is but one indicationthat Kampo medicine has become a subject of globalKeiko Ogawa

Departement of Japanese-Traditional (Kampo) Medicine
Kanazawa University Hospitalscale discussion.
Opening Ceremony and Symposium Proceedings
The symposium opened in a relaxed and friendly

Introduction
The 3rd International Symposium for Japanese

atmosphere, as Dr. Bernd Kostner, chairman of theKampo Medicine (ISJKM) was held in Vienna,

symposium who resides in Vienna, gave a welcome

Austria on June 19, 2015.

address, followed by greeting remarks by Dr.

The symposium was first organized by Dr.

Reissenweber-Hewel, Chairman of ISJKM, theHeidrun Reissenweber-Hewel from Germany andchairman of ÖGA, and Dr. Stör, Chairman of DÄGfA.

held in Munich on November 25, 2011, by taking acue

fromthe5thInternational

CongressofComplementary Medicine Research (ICCMR), which
was held in Tromsö, Norway in the previous year in2010 in the style of a satellite symposium on Kampo
medicine. It was the first attempt of its kind, but thesymposium

waswellattendedbysome80participants and ended successfully.
The second ISJKM was held in London on April
10, 2013, ahead of the ICCMR for that year. Many
participants flew in from Japan and took part inDr.Kostnerfruitful discussions.
The recent 3rd ISJKM, held in Vienna under thechairmanship of Dr. Bernd Kostner, became an evenmore productive forum in light of the experience ofthe past two symposiums. The conference room at
Hotel de France, located near the University ofVienna, was crowded with some 80 participants who
were already seated by 9 a.m. and waiting for thesymposium to open. With the attendance of roughly
20 participants from Japan and 60 participants fromEurope (Germany, Austria, Spain, and the United
Kingdom), the United States, Brazil and Israel, thesymposium venue was filled with an air ofexcitement from the start.

Dr. Reissenweber-Hewel

The program was as follows.

In addition to the Japan Society for OrientalMedicine, the symposium was also sponsored by theGerman

MedicalAssociationofAcupuncture

Oral Presentation
Session A: Introduction and Historical Aspects(DÄGfA) and the Austrian Society for Acupuncture(ÖGA), and for the first time this year, it also

The special characteristics of Japanese Kampo

received

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Heidrun Reisenweber-

Clinical efficacy of Kampo therapy in pediatricHewel, Clinic for Japaneselymphangiomas - a pilot study -Medicine, and Competence

Naoki Hashizume,

Centre for Complementary

Kurume University, Kurume,

Medicine,

Japan

Techn. University, Munich,Germany
On the “Japanization” of materia medica studies

Integration of a Kampo medicine, Nijutsuto, and(honzō-gaku) in 17th-century Japan

Western medical treatment in the treatment of long-Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu,

term refractory frozen shoulder: A case series

Kyushu University,

Young-Chang Arai,Fukuoka, Japan

Aichi Medical University,Nagakute, JapanHow do medical illustrations of the Tokugawa period
reflect Japanese society and science of the time?

Kampo medicine for alleviation of symptoms ofGretchen De Soriano,

pediatric cancer patients: A case series

University of Westminster,

Keiko Ogawa,London, UK

Kanazawa University,Kanazawa, Japan

Session B: Preclinical Actions and Clinical
Efficacy
Daikenchuto, a Kampo medicine, ameliorates postoperative ileus by anti-inflammatory action throughnicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Tetsuro Oikawa,
Kitasato University, Tokyo,
Japan

Effects of Leonurus japonicus Houtt. and eight of its
bio-active constituents on the activity of PPARα, β/δ,and γ in a newly developedin vitro luciferase reporter
gene assay

Session C: Standardization and Methodology ofKampo Medicine
Kampo practice standardization project
Hiroshi Odaguchi,
Kitasato University, Tokyo,
Japan

Visualization and standardization of Japanese
Kampo Medicine by a large clinical database
Tetsuhiro Yoshino,
Keio University, Tokyo,Japan

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Systematic review on the use of Kampo diagnosis inCase report writing: A new competency for therandomized controlled trials of Kampo medicinesinternationalization of Kampo

Yoshiharu Motoo,

Gregory Plotnikoff,

Kanazawa Medical

Penny George Institute

University, Uchinada,

for Health and Healing,Japan

Minneapolis, USA

Session D: International Aspects of Kampo
Medicine
Field trial of Traditional Medicine Chapter in ICD11
Kenji Watanabe,
Japan Society for Oriental
Medicine, Tokyo, JapanandNenad Kostanjsek, WHO,Geneva, Switzerland

Poster Session
1. Kampo as a convenient approach to traditional
Asian herbal medicine
Tobias Ahrens, Universityof Duisburg-Essen,
Germany

2. Data from the electronic Publication on Kamp5 inEurope, and a strategy for Kampo UK in 2015
Takuya Furukawa,
Gretchen De Soriano,
Registration of herbal medicinal products in the EU

Atsuko Fritz,Astrid Obmann, Austrian

UK Kampo Association,Medicines and MedicalLondon, United Kingdom

Devices Agency, Vienna,
Austria
3. Importance of postgraduate education in Kampo
Medicine: A current survey of medical residents
Yoshinobu Nakada,
How can European physicians become acquainted

Makoto Arai Department ofwith Kampo?

Kampo Medicine,

Ulrich Eberhard, Kampo

Tokai University Schoo1 ofClinic, Madrid, Spain

Medicine,and Sigrid Bormann,

Japan

Kanagawa,

Kampo Clinic, Luneburg,
Germany
4. A new non-contact method for measuring tongue
moisture to assist in tongue diagnosis, anddevelopment of a Tongue Image Analyzing
System (TIAS)

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Takao Namiki1),

Clinic, 3) Department of Anesthesiology and Critical

Toshiya Nakaguchi2),

Care Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine,

Kanako Takeda3),

Tsu, JapanYuya lshikawa1),
8. Modifications to a new abdominal diagnosis

Takeshi Oji1),
Satoshi Yamamoto3),

simulator to reproduce patterns characterized by

Norimichi Tsumura4),

local Variations in resistance to pressure

Keigo ueda, Koichi Nagamine, Yoichi Miyake2)

Shuji Yakubo1)2), Yukiko Uedat2), Kazuhiro

1) Department of Japanese-0riental (Kampo) Medicine,Muroga1), Naomichi Tanekura1), Tomoyuki

Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 2)Okudaira1), Toshifurni

Center for Frontier Medical Engineering, Chiba

Sasanuma1), Masdayoshi

University, 3) Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba

Souma1), TakaoUniversity;Namiki3), Takashi

4)

Graduate

SchoolofAdvanced

integration Science, Chiba University, Japan

Nakayama4) andKazufumi Yamanaka4)

5. Shokenchuto, a popular Kampo Medicine for1) Division of integrated

children: a retrospective study based on theHerbal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Nihon

experience of pediatric outpatient clinics

University School of Medicine; 2) Kampo institute inAkira Saito and Takeshi

Japan, 3) Department of Japanese-Oriental (Kampo)

Sakiyama, Department ofMedicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba

Pediatrics and GeneralUniversity, 4) Nomura Techno Co., Ltd.

internal Medicine,
St. Marianna University

9. Efficacy of shigyakusan in modern society from a

School of Medicine,

global perspective-stress evaluation byKanagawa, Japan

chronological analysis as comprehensive
interview method

6. Observing whole body responses to develop
knowledge of a Kampo prescription

Den-ichiro Yamaoka
Department of East

Shaun Sutton

Asian Traditional

Clinic for Traditional East

Medicine, Ehime

Asian Medicine, London,

Prefectural Central

United Kingdom

Hospital, Matsuyama,Japan

7. Hangekobokuto improves scores of ki-stagnationquestionnaire more than other formulas

10. Japanese herbal medicines (Kampo) in a German
university

Mitsuyuki Takamural1),

Silke Cameron

Hiromichi Yasui2),

Hospital Environment

Kazuo Maruyama3)

Department for1) Mie University Hospital
Kampo Medicine
Department, 2) Yasui

Gastroenterology andEndocrinology,
University Medicine Göttingen, Germany

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Audience of the Poster session

Social Gathering
After the symposium program was completed, theparticipants headed to a heuriger in the suburbs ofVienna by bus. A heuriger is a wine tavern that iscommonly found in eastern Austria. The mixed
group from various countries took to eight tables ofsix to eight people each, and enjoyed the genial
atmosphere while discussing academic issues,introducing themselves to each other, and sharing
stories about their personal interests and a host ofother topics. Time passed quickly, and it was close to
11 p.m. by the time everyone headed back home orIn the Heurige
to their hotels feeling fully content with the evening.

Conclusion
The 3rd ISJKM was completed in what could besaid to be perfect success, owing to the passion anddedication of all who participated. The nextsymposium will be held in 2017 as a sort of foregoing
event to the ICCMR that is scheduled to take place
in Berlin. The participants of the 3rd ISJKM alreadyhave their hearts set on attending it. It will no doubt
be a superb event.

Members of the General Meeting held on the following day:
Dr. Kostner, center-left in front row, Dr. Reissenweber-Hewel, center-right in front row26

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