Japanese and American Dermatology: Parallels and Interactions

medicine was Chinese medicine. The medical system known as Kampō and the therapeutic modalities associated with it were imported from mainland China by way of Korea. As far as skin diseases are concerned, treatment consisted mainly of balneotherapy, acupuncture, moxibustion, and the application of tarry ointments (1). As is usual in the medical literature of the ancients in all cultures, the treatments themselves are far better described than the diseases for which they were recommended.

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