Preventive Effects of a Kampo Medicine, Kakkonto, on Inflammatory Responses via the Suppression of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Phosphorylation in Lipopolysaccharide-Treated Human Gingival Fibroblasts

Table 1

Ingredients of the kakkonto formula.

Japanese name	Latin name	Amount (g)	Amount* (g/g of product)
Kakkon	Puerariae Radix	4.0	0.111
Taiso	Zizyphi Fructus	3.0	0.083
Mao	Ephedrae Herba	3.0	0.083
Kanzo	Glycyrrhizae Radix	2.0	0.056
Keihi	Cinnamomi Cortex	2.0	0.056
Shakuyaku	Paeoniae Radix	2.0	0.056
Shokyo	Zingiberis Rhizoma	2.0	0.056
Total		18.0	0.500

∗7.5 g of kakkonto product contains 3.75 g of a dried extract of the mixed crude drugs.