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eCAM Advance Access originally published online on July 21, 2004
eCAM 2004 1(2):113-118; doi:10.1093/ecam/neh029
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© 2004, the authors Evidenced-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol. 1, Issue 2 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved. The online version of this article has been published under an open access model. Users are entitled to use, reproduce, disseminate, or display the open access version of this article provided that: the original authorship is properly and fully attributed; the Journal and Oxford University Press are attributed as the original place of publication with the correct citation details given; if an article is subsequently reproduced or disseminated not in its entirety but only in part or as a derivative work this must be clearly indicated.

Editorial

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: a Japanese Perspective

Nobutaka Suzuki

13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan

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The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasing rapidly. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies 65–80% of the world's health care services as ‘traditional medicine’ (1). Therefore, from the viewpoint of the population ratio, more people use CAM than modern western medicine.

Although much attention has been focused on CAM not only from physicians but also basic medical researchers, scientific evidence for most CAM is still sparse. Emergence of CAM as a new current of medicine depends on whether or not precise scientific evidence can be accumulated.

Why has CAM become so popular among ‘consumers’? I think that the following factors are responsible:

  • CAM is easy to understand and familiar
  • CAM is non-invasive, with few side effects
  • CAM helps improve quality of life (QOL) or activity of daily life (ADL)
  • CAM helps one to maintain one's own health
  • Western modern medicine does not fully correspond to . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Classification of CAM
 

   Validation of Traditional CAM Modalities: A Proposal
 

   History of CAM: Japan and the USA Compared
 

   CAM in the Japanese Modern Western Medical Society
 

   Attitude of the Japanese Government Toward CAM Domains
 

   Different CAM Modalities Used in Japan and the USA
 

   Dietary Supplements in the USA and Japan
 

   Conclusion
 

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