[A study of the medical treatment for Ho-shun-in, Mrs. Toshiie Maeda, described in "Igaku-tensho-ki"].
The medical commentary "Igaku-tensho-ki," written by Gensaku Manase in the Edo era, Japan, describes the medical treatment of Ho-shun-in, Mrs. Toshiie Maeda, the first seignior of Kaga. The Igaku-tensho-ki is famous for its clinical descriptions of the diseases of many notables such as Emperors and Shoguns by their antonyms, and thus is very important for both medical and historical studies. Several variant versions are known to exist now. As to the description of Ho-shun-in, the details such as the date and place of the treatment, and the recipe of the Kampo medicine are not clear. In this study, to clarify these things, a comparative study of various descriptions in all of the variants was carried out. The results show that the medical treatment was conducted on June 7th of the lunar calendar, in the 11th year of the Keicho Era (1606) in Edo (present-day Tokyo). The disease was thought to be diarrhea caused by the infection of bacteria and round worms. Gensaku , effectively prescribed Sho-ko-en, Kakko-shoki-san with Gorei-san, and Jinryo-byakujutu-san to Ho-shun-in over a 4-day period. All of these prescriptions were basically based on those in "Manbyo-kaishun", archaic medical text written in the Ming Dynasty in China, though they were derived from different origins.
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa.
Chieko
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Yoshizawa
Masayuki
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Mikage
Atsufumi
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Taru
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