Studies on Shokyo, Kanzo, and Keihi in Kakkonto Medicine on Prostaglandin E₂ Production in Lipopolysaccharide-Treated Human Gingival Fibroblasts

Table 1

The ingredient of 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
Shyakuyaku	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.