Yan Rongguang's Medical Cases of Treating Kidney Cancer, Bladder Cancer and Testicular Cancer

This article is excerpted from Yan Rongguang's cancer-treatment medical cases: TCM Treatment Characteristics for Cancer. The whole book is long and is therefore divided into several chapters; you may also directly click the table of contents below to enter the chapter you need.

Preface and Author's Brief Biography to Yan Rongguang's Cancer-Treatment Medical Cases: TCM Treatment Characteristics for Cancer

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Lymphoma

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Thyroid Cancer

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Esophageal Cancer

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Brain Tumor

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Oral Cancer, Tongue Cancer and Tonsillar Cancer

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Lung Cancer

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Breast Cancer

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Gastric Cancer

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Liver Cancer and Cholangiocarcinoma

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Pancreatic Cancer (pancreatic head cancer, pancreatic tail cancer)

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Intestinal Cancer (colorectal cancer, rectal cancer, colon cancer)

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Cervical Cancer, Uterine Cancer and Uterine Fibroids

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Ovarian Cancer

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Spinal Hemangioma and Abdominal Lymphoma

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Skin Cancer and Melanoma

Yan Rongguang's Medical Case of Treating Leukemia

Summary of Yan Rongguang's Cancer-Treatment Experience

1-13. Kidney Cancer (p. 67) 1-13-1. Kidney Cancer Patient Tang Daitian, male, 46 years old, an employee of Chengdu Mailbox 65. In late autumn and early winter of 1985 he developed hematuria, followed by lumbar pain and difficulty bending; hemostatic drugs had no effect, and all drugs for rheumatic lumbar pain failed. An X-ray film showed the entire left lumbar region obscured by cancer. A certain hospital said that the only option was removal and kidney replacement, costing 40,000 to 50,000 yuan; the unit, having no choice, was willing to pay this sum. The hospital director of his unit's clinic then told Tang Daitian: "Even if the kidney is replaced, there is no guarantee the cancer will not recur, and besides, a suitable good kidney cannot be found in a hurry." I suggested he seek out the old TCM physician Yan Rongguang for herbal medicine. (This director had visited me back in 1974 when he was a doctor at a Chengdu municipal hospital.) The patient and his family both begged the hospital to send him to me for treatment. The director said bluntly: "Old Yan, apart from surgery and chemotherapy we have no other way for this disease. The patient understands this; fortunately he is open-minded and fearless, so Old Yan can treat him boldly." Tang Daitian said: "Life and death follow nature; I have long put it beyond concern, but when one is ill it must be treated—one cannot just sit and wait to die. Please, Old Yan, take pains; good or bad, I will not complain against heaven or blame others." I said: "With such fearlessness, I can plan my strategy well." Presentation at the time: puffy face and swollen cheeks, lumbar pain and swollen feet, hematuria and hemoptysis, deep and sluggish pulse. Pattern differentiation: kidney yang deficiency, heavy water-dampness, phlegm and stasis binding together, with cancer taking advantage. Treatment principle: warm yang and promote diuresis, resolve phlegm, expel stasis and anticancer. Prescription: Prepared Rehmannia (Shudi) 12 g, Prepared Aconite (Fuzi) 30 g, Poria (Fuling) 15 g, Alisma (Zexie) 15 g, Scrophularia (Xuanshen) 15 g, Oyster Shell (Muli) 30 g, Fritillaria (Beimu) 15 g, Selfheal Spike (Xiakucao) 50 g, Hawksbill Shell (Daimao) 15 g, Tortoise Shell (Guiban) 15 g, Scorpion (Quanchong) 12 g, Scutellaria Barbata (Banzhilian) 30 g, Ganoderma (Lingzhi) 30 g, Oldenlandia (Sheshecao) 60 g. September 12, 1985. The prior formula caused no adverse reactions; after five doses he returned for an adjusted formula. After taking the pulse I said the medicine was suited to the pattern, so keep the original formula unchanged and add Xihuang Wan (Yellow X Pill), to be taken further. Xihuang Wan one tube daily; the herbal decoction one dose every two days. He came for fifteen adjustments of the prescription, and I treated him throughout according to the twelve-character policy: resolve phlegm and move qi, warm the kidney and promote diuresis, expel stasis and anticancer. After eight months of treatment, all symptoms disappeared; fluoroscopy showed the two kidneys to be essentially equal in size, and examination found no cancer cells. The conclusion was complete cure. He is still alive eleven years later. 1-14. Bladder Cancer (pp. 69, 123, 130) 1-14-1. Bladder Cancer Patient Jiang Lie, male, 43 years old, an employee of Jiangyou Changgang Fourth Factory. At the beginning of 1981 he had lower abdominal distending pain and dribbling, clear, short urination; medication was ineffective. Western doctors diagnosed cystitis; anti-inflammatory agents were ineffective, and penicillin injections were ineffective. A TCM doctor called it fire lin (heat strangury). Using Daochi San, the symptoms lessened then flared; moving from doctor to doctor brought no improvement. On April 8, 1981, cystoscopy at Tianhuizhen Army Hospital showed grape-like neoplasms; the laboratory conclusion was bladder cancer. The treatment plan was resection plus chemotherapy. The patient, fearing spread, declined treatment. On May 2 he was re-examined at Sichuan Medical College, which also concluded bladder cancer, with the same plan of resection plus chemotherapy. Now he could no longer hesitate, and agreed to surgery at Sichuan Medical College. He was well for a month with no hematuria. In mid-June hematuria returned; examination again found a neoplasm in the bladder. Chemotherapy caused severe reactions—nausea, vomiting, hair loss. On July 1 he asked me to treat him. I said: "You say you are young and strong, and your other organs are fine; only the bladder has turned cancerous. We can charge straight into the bladder to attack the cancer alone, rather than let chemotherapy attack the other viscera and damage your original qi." The prescription was as follows: Polygonum Aviculare (Bianxu) 15 g, Cowherb Root (Qumai) 15 g, Pyrrosia Leaf (Shiwei) 15 g, Earthworm (Dilong) 30 g, Tortoise Shell (Guiban) 12 g, Scutellaria Barbata (Banzhilian) 50 g, Scrophularia (Xuanshen) 15 g, Oyster Shell (Muli) 30 g, Zhejiang Fritillary (Zhebei) 15 g, Paris Polyphylla (Chonglou) 30 g, Thistle (Daji) 30 g, Lesser Thistle (Xiaoji) 30 g, Oldenlandia (Sheshecao) 50 g, Sargassum (Haizao) 30 g, Eclonia (Kunbu) 30 g, Selfheal Spike (Xiakucao) 30 g, Hawksbill Shell (Daimao) 12 g, Agrimonia (Xianhecao) 30 g. July 1, 1981. Chief complaint: after five doses of the above, bleeding stopped; after ten doses he was at peace; after fifty doses he was cured, and he is still living today. 1-14-2. Postoperative Metastatic Bladder Cancer Patient Zhao Tianquan, male, 57 years old, of the Mianyang Water Conservancy Command. On January 4, 1984 he developed bladder cancer; on April 8 it was surgically resected at Sichuan Medical College. Gradually he needed someone to support him just to walk; examination found cancer metastasis causing paralysis. For this metastatic bone cancer, Western medicine said amputation was the only option. The patient said: "What is the point of living as such a truncated person?" He therefore came to Chengdu for TCM treatment. I asked: "Does your lower limb just hurt? Do you still have fever?" He said it was a burning, hot pain, and both chi pulses were also rapid and agitated. I said: TCM holds that damp-heat pours downward, and cancer takes advantage. Prescription: Atractylodes (Cangzhu) 12 g, Achyranthes (Niuxi) 12 g, Salt-phellodendron (Yanbo) 12 g, Paris Polyphylla (Chonglou) 15 g, Pangolin Scale (Jiazhu) 10 g, Dipsacus (Tougu Xiao) 30 g, Scrophularia (Xuanshen) 15 g, Oyster Shell (Muli) 30 g, Zhejiang Fritillary (Zhebei) 12 g, Scorpion (Quanchong) 10 g, Scutellaria Barbata (Banzhilian) 50 g, Aristolochia (Xungu Feng) 50 g. Xihuang Wan, 6 g daily. August 12, 1985. After fifteen consecutive doses of the above, lower-limb pain lessened; he came for an adjusted formula. I said the medicine suited the pattern, so to the original formula add Qin-gui 12 g and Wujiapi 12 g. Continue taking. By January 1985 he needed no support and no cane, and could walk more than ten li like an ordinary person. Worth studying.

1-14-3. Bladder Cancer Patient Long Zeyu, female, 54 years old, of Qingshiqiao No. 13. At the end of May 1986 she felt lower abdominal distending pain; Chinese and Western medicines were ineffective, and then blood appeared in the urine. Cystoscopy at the Provincial Hospital showed a neoplasm; conclusion: bladder cancer. Surgery was unavoidable, but after opening they found metastasis and spread, dared not cut, and simply closed and sutured, saying it was too late—"no eye left." The family asked: "What does 'no eye left' mean?" The doctor said: "It means there is no way to cure it." The surgical wound had not even healed when they discharged her. She lived near me and had long heard of my cancer treatment, but wondered whether, being so late, there was any hope. She tried treatment. Presentation: shortness of breath and palpitations, emaciated with withered complexion, dry mouth and pale tongue, fine rapid pulse at the chi positions, turbid painful urination with pink dribbling residue. Prescription: Ginseng (Renshen) 10 g, Ophiopogon (Maidong) 30 g, Schisandra (Wuweizi) 10 g, Plantain Herb (Cheqiancao) 30 g, Scutellaria Barbata (Banzhilian) 50 g, Agrimonia (Xianhecao) 30 g. Xihuang Wan, one vial daily. August 18, 1986. Chief complaint: after two consecutive doses of the above, she felt her spirit improve, her mouth produced fluids and was no longer dry; the surgical wound still ached somewhat, and urination was much clearer and more copious, though occasionally after urination there was still pinkish, watery blood. I said the illness was long-standing, so several more doses were needed to take effect. I therefore added Ass Hide Glue (Ejiao) 12 g and Carbonized Hairs (Xueyu Tan) 22 g; after eight more doses the bleeding stopped and the pain eased. She then continued with Bazhen San plus Ruanjian Wan, Scutellaria Barbata and Oldenlandia, taking one vial of Xihuang Wan daily as before; after more than three months she was cured. She is still alive eight years later. 1-15. Testicular Cancer (p. 19) Patient Xu Guorong, 27 years old, a basketball player of Unit 0048, Jialing County, Shanghai. On February 23, 1974, during a basketball game, his left testicle was grazed slightly; that night urination caused the area to become inflamed and gradually harden, discharging fluid that looked like pus but was not pus, failing to heal for a long time and resembling a chicken anus. Unit Hospital 40 gave him over 200 vials of penicillin (400,000–800,000 units each), which not only failed but also caused headache and tinnitus, so they had to stop; laboratory tests confirmed testicular cancer. They told the unit leadership and mobilized him to have the left testicle removed, saying there was no other way. The patient and his wife, fearing the end of the family line, both disagreed, so the unit introduced him to Taiping Hospital for Yan Rongguang to treat. First visit: constitution and pulse were acceptable, diet normal, except his complexion was poor and the testicle was painful. I used Simiao Jiedu (Four-Marvel Detoxification), Ruanjian Wan powder to soften the hard core, Juhe Wan (Tangerine Seed Pill) as channel-guiding, and Scutellaria Barbata, Oldenlandia and the like to anticancer. Prescription as follows: Qin-gui 12 g, Scrophularia (Xuanshen) 15 g, Honeysuckle (Yinhua, added later) 15 g, Licorice (Gancao) 12 g, Oyster Shell (Muli) 30 g, Zhejiang Fritillary (Zhebei) 12 g, Tangerine Seed (Juhe) 15 g, Jinling 12 g, Corydalis (Yanhusuo) 12 g, Eclonia (Kunbu) 30 g, Immature Bitter Orange (Zhishi) 15 g, Selfheal Spike (Xiakucao) 30 g, Scutellaria Barbata (Banzhilian) 50 g, Oldenlandia (Sheshecao) 50 g. August 8, 1974. Second visit: chief complaint—after seven doses of the above, the condition was stable, testicular pain lessened, and appetite increased, but he still dared not take large strides when walking. Prescription as follows: Scrophularia (Xuanshen) 15 g, Oyster Shell (Muli) 30 g, Zhejiang Fritillary (Zhebei) 15 g, Cassia Bark (Yugui) 6 g, Hawthorn (Shanzha) 30 g, Auklandia (Muxiang) 12 g, Paris Polyphylla (Chonglou) 15 g, Scutellaria Barbata (Banzhilian) 50 g, Oldenlandia (Sheshecao) 50 g, Ganoderma (Lingzhi) 50 g. August 24, 1974. Third visit: chief complaint—after seven more doses, the cancer had shrunk by half and was nearly healed; pain lessened, only a little dizziness in the head when bending or rising and lying down. Prescription as follows: keep the original formula unchanged, add Gastrodia (Tianma) 50 g and Drynaria (Gusuibu) 50 g. The Gastrodia (Ming Tianma) is not decocted; slice it and steep in boiling water, and at bedtime chew and take the Gastrodia itself along with the tea. After six consecutive doses of the above, all symptoms disappeared and he was cured. His wife rushed from Shanghai to take him home; at discharge the couple beamed with joy, expressing a thousand thanks and bidding farewell, shaking hands one by one with their fellow patients and the hospital doctors. Three years later he wrote that he was still well.