Japanese Kampo Medicines for the Treatment of Common Diseases

Dr. Somasundaram Arumugam is a Reader in the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences. Dr. Arumugam received the Japanese Circulation Society Young Investigator Award for International Students in 2014. He received the Young Investigator Award at the 6th International Congress on Cardiovascular Diseases in 2011. He is an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Innovative Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research. He is serving as an expert reviewer in various journals and he has more than 50 scientific publications to his credit. Prof/Dr. Kenichi Watanabe has received his PhD of Medical Sciences at Niigata University and PhD of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Shizuoka Prefectural University. Currently, he is working as a Clinical Pharmacologist and Cardiologist at Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan. His research has focused on heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, inflammation, Kampo traditional Japanese medicine, and metabolic syndrome. Based on this research and fellowship training he has received several awards and honors, such as the best paper award from the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine. He is serving as an Editorial Member of several reputed journals as well as an expert reviewer. He has over 500 scientific publications to his credit.

• 1. Introduction to Japanese Kampo Medicines2. Kampo Medicine for Human Homeostasis3. General Mechanisms of Immunity and Inflammation4. Antioxidant Property Is the Basic Feature of Kampo Medicine5. Japanese Kampo Medicines for Inflammatory Bowel Disease6. Significance of Japanese Kampo Medicine in Supportive Care of Heart Failure/Function7. Kampo Medicine for Hypertension and Related Disorders8. Japanese Kampo Medicines for Diabetes Mellitus9. Japanese Kampo Medicine for Aging-Related Neurological Diseases10. Antiinflammatory Effects of Kampo Medicines in Atopic Dermatitis11. Japanese Kampo Medicine for Hepatic Inflammation12. Kampo Medicines for Autoimmune Disorders: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Autoimmune Diabetes Mellitus13. Kampo Medicine for Renal Inflammatory Conditions14. Kampo Medicines for Infectious Diseases15. Drug Delivery Aspects of Herbal Medicines16. Regulatory Aspects of Herbal Medicine