Preface -- Primary Contributors -- 1 Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Asthma /Robert M. Hackman, Judith S. Stern, Seishi Suehiro and M. Eric Gershwin -- 2 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Herbal Medicine: Current Research and Their Clinical Application for the Treatment and Prevention of Cancer /Han Rui -- 3 Rational Use of Medicinal Plants in Primary Health Care /Nuntavan Bunyapraphatsara -- 4 Chinese Herbal Medicines: Neuropsychiatric Disorders and the Dynamics of Cytosolic Ca2+ /Yasuo Watanabe, George F. Lalvlor, Jing Li, Jun Zhang, Li Liu and Takeshi Shibuya -- 5 Pharmacological Study of the Anti-Dementia Effect of Shimotsu-to (Si-Wu-Tang) /Hiroshi Watanabe, Kinzo Matsumoto and Harumi Matsuda -- 6 Experimental Analysis of the Anti-Aging Effect of Panax Ginseng /Nobuyoshi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Saito -- 7 Effects of Vietnamese Ginseng on Psychological Stress-induced Changes in Pharmacological Responses /Nguyen Thi T'hu Huong, Nguyen T'hoi Nham, Kinzo Matsumoto, Kazuo Yamasaki and Hiroshi Watanabe -- 8 Neurodegenerative and Neuroprotective Actions of Glutamate-related Compounds of Natural Origin /Haruhiko Shinozaki -- 9 Pathopharmacological Evaluation of Bakumondo-to (Maimendongtang) as a Curative for Chronic Inflammatory Airway Diseases /Takeshi Miyata, Yoichiro Isohama, Susheng Tai, Hirofumi Kai and Kazuo Takahama -- 10 Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicines on Blood Rheology /Kazuo Toriizuka and Katsutoshi Terasawa -- 11 Pharmacological Properties of Some Structurally Related Indole Alkaloids Contained in the Asian Herbal Medicine, Hirsutine and Mitragynine, with Special Reference to Their Ca2+ Antagonistic and Opioid-like Effects 163 /Kazuo Watanabe, Shingo Yano, Syunji Horie, Leonardo Tomo Yamamoto, Hiromitsu Takayama, Norio Aimi, Shin-ichiro Sasaki, Dhavadee Ponglux, Pavich Tongroach, Jie Shan and Peter K. T. Pang -- 12 The Role of Bioactive Polysaccharides in Kampo Medicines /Haruki Yamada -- 13 Efficacy of Kakkon-to, a Traditional Herbal Medicine, against Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Influenza Infection in Mice /Kimiyasu Shiraki, Masahiko Kurokawa, Masami Imakita, Hitoshi Saio, Jun-ichi Yamamura, Zhi-Hong Li and Seiji Kageyama -- 14 Searching for Anti-HIV Agents among the Traditional Medicines /Ines Tomoco Kusumoto and Masao Hattori -- Index.