Research on KAMPO medicine in Shanghai Natural Science Laboratories–including the Manchurian Natural Medicinal Specimen of Kyoto Pharmaceutical University collected by NAKAO Manzo in 1913

Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, which was founded in 1884, is the second oldest private Japanese pharmaceutical university. The university owns a considerable number of historical and natural medicinal specimens, including the Manchurian herbal medicinal specimens, which were collected in 1913 by an authority on pharmacognosy, NAKAO Manzo, the head of the Chinese medicine department in Shanghai Natural Science Laboratories. The crude drugs (n=305) were identified by their Latin names and added to the list. This study shows that these traditional herbal drug specimens may provide a big clue in verifying their origin and furnishing the market situation of Manchurian natural medicine before the World War II and Proletarian culture revolution of China. Keywords: Chinese traditional medicine, Manchuria, Shanghai Natural Science Laboratories, NAKAO Manzo, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University