Effects of Traditional Kampo Drugs and Their Constituent Crude Drugs on Influenza Virus Replication In Vitro: Suppression of Viral Protein Synthesis by Glycyrrhizae Radix

Table 1

Kampo drugs investigated in this study.

Chinese characters	Tsumura#	Name (Japanese read)	Name (Chinese read)	Indications
麻黄湯	27	Maoto	Ma-Huang-Tang	Common cold, influenza (in the early stage), rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, nasal obstruction in sucking infants, and suckling difficulty
葛根湯	1	Kakkonto	Ge-Gen-Tang	Common cold, coryza, the initial stage of febrile diseases, inflammatory diseases (conjunctivitis, keratitis, otitis media, tonsillitis, mastitis, and lymphadenitis), shoulder stiffness, neuralgia in the upper body, and urticaria
滋陰降火湯	93	Jiinkokato	Zi-Yin-Jiang-Huo-Tang	Dry cough
川芎茶調散	124	Senkyuchachosan	Chuan-Xiong-Cha-Tiao-San	Common cold, automatic imbalance syndrome peculiar to women resembling climacteric disturbance, and headache
麦門冬湯	29	Bakumondoto	Mai-Men-Dong-Tang	Coughing with a hard, obstructive sputum, bronchitis, and bronchial asthma