Your interest may have been aroused by a friend's story of how, after trying kanpo (Chinese herbal medicine), their pollen allergy has not been so problematic this season. Or, on the other hand, you may have been intrigued by magazine articles with eye-catching headlines like "The Chinese medicine way to beauty."
Still, though, you may be wondering whether you can rely 100 percent on this oriental medicine to treat your health problems, over and above widely recognized and highly developed Western medicine.
Though he practices traditional Chinese medicine himself, Toshitaka Koi readily agrees such skepticism is only natural, as much less is known or understood about kanpo than its Western counterpart.