The selection is huge, about 250 different kinds, with an unusual mixture of herbal and black teas as well as fragrant pots of classic blends.
Toki-shakuyaku-san (TOKI) is a Japanese kampo medicine, which consists of a mixture of herbal medicines and considered to be a promising remedial agent due to its immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects.
These MS fragmentation characteristics greatly contribute to identify the active components from the complex mixture of herbal medicine even if the standard compounds are unavailable.
A decoction of Samsoeum was prepared using a mixture of herbal medicines according to composition in the laboratory (Table 1).
Tong-Xin-Luo (TXL) – a mixture of herbal extracts, has been used in Chinese medicine with established therapeutic efficacy in patients with coronary artery disease.
A herbal decoction of Soshiho-tang was prepared with a mixture of herbal medicines according to composition in the laboratory (Table 1).
Herbal formulations or mixtures of herbal ingredients may have advantages with multiple target regulation compared with the single target antagonist in the view of traditional Chinese medicine, although there have been few clinical trials examining the efficacy and safety of herbal formulations in AD patients.
The traditional herbal medicine Guibi-Tang (known as Qui-Pi-Tang in Chinese and Kihi-To in Japanese) is a mixture of 12 herbal preparations (Angelicae Gigantis Radix, Longan Arillus, Zizyphi Semen, Polygalae Radix, Ginseng Radix Alba, Astragali Radix, Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba, Hoelen Cum Radix, Aucklandiae Radix, Glycyrrhizae Radix, Zingiberis Rhizoma Crudus, and Zizyphi Fructus) [ 2].
Oryeong-san, a mixture of five herbal plants, is a well-known therapy for renal-associated diseases such as those manifesting edema, dysuria, and oliguria.
The traditional herbal medicine So-Cheong-Ryong-Tang (known as Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang in traditional Chinese medicine and as Sho-seiryu-to in Japanese Kampo medicine) is a mixture of eight herbal preparations (Herba Ephedrae, Radix Paeoniae, Fructus Schisandrae, Tuber Pinelliae, Asiasari Radix, Rhizoma Crudus Zingiberis, Ramulus Cinnamomi, and Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae).
The traditional herbal medicine Oryeong-san (also known as Wulingsan in traditional Chinese medicine and as Gorei-san in Japanese Kampo medicine) is a mixture of five herbal preparations (Alisma orientale (Sam) Juzepzuk, Poria cocos, Atractylodes japonica Koidzumi et Kitagawa, Polyporus umbellatus Fries, and Cinnamomum cassia J.Presl).
