Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

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

Table 4

Alteration of ocular blood flow and clinical variables in response to administration of kampo formula (Experiment 2).


	Variable	Baseline	15 minutes after treatment	30 minutes after treatment	45 minutes after treatment	60 minutes after treatment	value

Control	OBF change (%)						0.49
	IOP (mmHg)						0.11
	SBP (mmHg)						0.98
	DBP (mmHg)						0.90
	MBP (mmHg)						0.96
	PR (beats/min)						0.12

TSS	OBF change (%)						<0.01
	IOP (mmHg)						0.41
	SBP (mmHg)						0.98
	DBP (mmHg)						0.90
	MBP (mmHg)						0.45
	PR (beats/min)						0.19

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was applied to assess differences in IOP before and after kampo administration. A one-way analysis of variance was used to assess differences in other values before and after kampo administration.