Dr. Hashimoto graduated from the medical department of Kanazawa University 1994. In the same year, he started working at the department of obstetrics and gynecology of Kanazawa University. Having worked in a number of hospitals has provided him with a wealth of clinical experience in the obstetric, gynecological, cosmetic and dermatological fields. In 2000 he opened the Daimyo-machi Skin Clinic. More recently, he has focused closely on alternative medicine and therapy and concentrated his efforts on countermeasures in the presymptomatic stage (the state when symptoms of illness have not yet manifested).
- Coordinator for The Japanese Society for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Full member of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Full member of Japanese Society of Hair Surgery and Medicine
- Associate member of Japan Association of Aesthetic Medicine, Inc.
- Certified mammographer
- (Nursing) Care Manager
Both alternative medicine and alternative therapy are rather unfamiliar terms to the general public. The discussion of their precise definitions is still ongoing, but in the field of modern Western medicine they can both be defined as collective terms for forms of medical science and treatments that have been neither scientifically verified nor clinically applied yet. In the U.S. the most commonly used term is alternative medicine or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), whereas in Europe the latter is widely preferred. Concretely, CAM includes the following: Chinese medicine (herbal medicine treatment, acupuncture and moxibustion, finger pressure therapy (shiatsu), Qigong ?breathing therapy), Indian medicine, immunotherapy (lymphocyte therapy etc.), health food (antioxidant food group, immunostimulant foods, all kinds of preventive and supplementary foods etc.), herbal remedies, aromatherapy, vitamin therapy, dietary treatment, psychotherapy, spa therapy, oxygen therapy, and other similar forms of therapy.
