The Pertinence of Kazuo Otomoʼs Doctrine on the Term “Sansho” / 日本東洋医学雑誌

ABSTRACT

The term “sansho” is an element of six entrails in Kampo medicine. The correspondence of “sansho” with any organ in human body was described in “Seikenshu” written by Narikiyo Yamada at first, and Kazuo Otomo declared that “sansho” corresponds to visceral peritoneum and mesentery. Recently, “The Lancet” published a review on the mesentery in which mesentery should be recognized as an organ. This report aims to discuss the accuracy of Otomo's doctrine, which was published in 1980, from the view point of the new anatomical knowledge.