The Current Situation and Problems of Domestic Crude Drug Production

• Published in: Kampo Medicine Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 270 - 280
• Main Authors: YAMAOKA, Denichiro, ITO, Takashi, ASAMA, Hiroshi, SAHASHI, Yoshiro, MITANI, Kazuo, KANG, Donghyo, YASUI, Hiromichi, WATANABE, Hitoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese; English
• Published: The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine 2017
• Subjects: Aizu Ginseng; Domestic production of crude drugs; Standard price of crude drugs in National Health Insurance scheme; Yamato Angelica root

The consumption and sales of Kampo products, as well as the crude drugs that make up the products, have been increasing recently. However, the Kampo industry has been exhibiting a long-term decline due to the rise in price of imported crude drugs and reduction in standard prices of crude drugs by th...