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Kampo was originally a Chinese tradition that dates back to 221-210 B.C. . The first Chinese emperor sent emissaries across the eastern sea to find the herb of immortality. Chinese medical practices were introduced to Japan by way of Korea in 562 A.D.. This is when Japan adopted Kampo as well as Confucianism and Buddhism. Empress Suiko ( 592-628) A.D. had the Japanese court send envoys to China where they brought back classic Chinese medical text further developing their medical field. In 701A.D. a set of edicts were put into play known as the Taiho Code, this established, among other things, a ministry of  health. Empress Komyo (701-760) A.D. established a dispensary system to supply free medicine to the needy in 730 A.D.. In 753 a Chinese Buddhist priest named Jian Zhen (Ganjin) journeyed to Japan it took him five attempts and 12 years to cross the sea to Japan. Jian Zhen was blind and used his sence of smell to distinguish the various herbs from one another. He also gave free medical service to anyone. He also brought medical text as well as his collection of herbs to the imperial palace. It was dedicated to the Japanese emperor Shomu in 756 A.D., 49 days after the emperor’s death. This building complex known as Shosoin. After a book called Ishimpo (The Essence of medicine and Theraputic methods) written by Yasuyori Tamba Japan entered a period of isolation. Its last envoy was in 814 A.D. The Japanese continued to use the formulas, medical theories and practices of Zhang Zhongjing and Sun Simiaq. Their teachings dominated kampo until the later end of the 15th century. The school of Goseiha was formed by Sanki Tashiro(1465-1537). He spent 12 years in China. Goseiha was originally a small school in the 16th century but in the 17th century it greatly expanded. A student named Manase Dosan, a student of Tashiros wrote 8 volumes of text Keitekishe (Text book of Internal Medicine). He also founded a private medical school, Keiteki-In, in Kyoto. His son wrote Igakutienseiki a book of case studies. He also made a new group of herb formulas. Another school that came after Goseiha was Kohoha which specified in disease causation and treatment. This school overpowered the older school instead of just compeating with it. It used classic formulas and practical knowledge. It also rejected Neo-Confucianism. Kampo began to decline around 1590 when the Portuguese introduced western medicine into Japan. As far as the western powers were concerned Japan only traded with the Dutch. They eventually brought Dutch physicians in 1639 and kampo continued to decline.