At present numerous Kampo formulae are used in Japan, and how we classify Kampo formulae into groups has become an important issue. Nevertheless, in recent-year Kampo formularies or prescription manuals, there is almost no comprehensive classification of all Kampo formulae covered by the older Koho or Goseihou schools, or recent Chinese Medicine. Furthermore no research has been performed on Kampo formulae classifications. From a historical point of view, however, many classifications were made in formularies and prescription manuals of the Edo period then the early Showa period.Kenzo Okuda, who belonged to the Koho School, was a Kampo physician in the early Showa period who attempted to make classifications of Kampo formulae. In this review, we researched his classifications as based on Ruihou-classifications, in other words the systematic collecting Kampo formulae by points of similarity between herb formations. Then we also studied the history of Ruihou-classifications preceding Okuda's, and considered problems lying ahead for classifications of Kampo formulations in Japan.
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