The Tendency of Research on Chinese Materia Medica in Japan——Establishmen of Morbid Models on Animals and Their Application to Research on Chinese Materia Medica
Abstract:This paper presents a survey of some pathologic models on animals established to satisfy the needs of research on Chinese materia medica in Japan over the last several years, e. g., model of blood-stasis syndrome, model of "taiyang"syndrome, model of spleen deficiency syndrome, speeded aging model and two related models, i. e. chronic renal insufficiency and bronchitis. All these models can be used for reference in the experimental research on Chinese materia medica.