A:Kampo medicines are used to treat chronic and lifestyle-related diseases, as well as allergies caused by excessive immune responses, conditions caused by a nervous, hormone imbalance due to such psychological factors as stress. Herbal medicines are effective for bronchial asthma, chronic gastritis, loss of appetite, irritable bowel syndrome, rheumatism, neuralgia, and with repeated ulcers. They are also useful in the alleviation of depression and various other symptoms occurring after a stroke, diabetic neuropathy, hyperthyroidism symptoms, as well as uncomfortable symptoms associated with atopic dermatitis and other conditions.