Sho Saiko To and Dai Saiko To

Review
In: LiverTox: Clinical and Research Information on Drug-Induced Liver Injury [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; 2012.
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Excerpt

Sho-saiko-to is an herbal mixture used in Kampo medicine in Japan to treat liver disease and known elsewhere in different formulations as Dai-saiko-to and Xiao Chai Hu Tang, and also spelled as Syo-saiko-to. Both Sho-saiko-to and Dai-saiko-to have been implicated in rare instances of clinically apparent acute liver injury.

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