Experience In Treating Breast Cancer With Shiliu Liuqi Yin

Rearranged from an old work.

Shiliu Liuqi Yin (Sixteen-Ingredient Qi-Flowing Drink): Chuanxiong (Ligusticum), Danggui (Angelica), Shaoyao (Paeonia), Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia), Renshen (Ginseng), Muxiang (Aucklandia), raw Huangqi (Astragalus), Rougui (Cinnamon bark), Jiegeng (Platycodon), Baizhi (Angelica dahurica), Binglang (Areca), Houpo (Magnolia bark), Wuyao (Lindera), Gancao (Glycyrrhiza), Zisu (Perilla), Zhiqiao (Bitter Orange), equal parts. Start at 6g of each, later increase to 9g, and then to 12g. It may work even better than seeing a famous TCM physician at a hospital.

Huaici's note: I have already used this prescription clinically on one mid-to-late stage breast cancer patient. After a week of taking it, her condition improved greatly; after about ten days she looked entirely renewed, as if changed into another person. Her family was therefore full of confidence, though I myself take a cautious, wait-and-see attitude. Shiliu Liuqi Yin appears many times in ancient case records for treating breast cancer in both men and women (men can also get breast cancer), and is said to have ideal results. However, I have long wondered whether this is also related to ancient physicians not following patients long enough—case records rarely note whether patients relapsed years after being cured. Whether ancient formulas are truly a radical cure for cancer I may need a lifetime of observation to confirm for myself.

This patient's family circumstances were poor; she was a woman in her forties working in Beijing, now living with her family in a basement apartment in a nearby compound—living conditions very unfavorable for recovery, and she kept on working, which was very taxing. I have urged her to return to her hometown or move to somewhere with less life pressure to rest and recover; her family is considering it. After developing cancer, rest and recuperation are very important, and this is something the patient must also pay attention to.