Research Article

The Traditional Kampo Medicine Tokishakuyakusan Increases Ocular Blood Flow in Healthy Subjects

Table 2

Alteration of IOP and systemic variables in response to administration of each kampo formula (Experiment  1).

VariableBaseline30 minutes after treatment value

YKSOBF change (%) 0.05
IOP (mmHg) 0.73
MBP (mmHg) 0.13
PR (beats/min) <0.01

TSSOBF change (%) <0.01
IOP (mmHg) 0.98
MBP (mmHg) 0.27
PR (beats/min) <0.01

KBGOBF change (%) 0.35
IOP (mmHg) 0.17
MBP (mmHg) 0.74
PR (beats/min) 0.05

HJGOBF changc (%) 0.89
IOP (mmHg) 0.81
MBP (mmHg) 0.74
PR (beats/min) <0.01

Data are expressed as mean standard deviation. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was applied to assess differences in the values before and after kampo administration.