Anti-Cancer Herbs ⁽¹⁷¹⁾

Sanbaicao (Saururi Herba/Rhizoma) is an uncommon Chinese medicinal, but its history of use in medicine is long. As early as Zhouhou Bei Ji Fang (Empimeric Formulations for Emergencies), its action on edema was recorded: "For beriberi with the lower leg already swollen, leaving a finger-print…

Chushi Baidai Pills (Dampness-Expelling Leukorrhea Pills) are a commonly used Chinese patent medicine for treating leukorrheal diseases in women, mainly for leukorrhea due to spleen deficiency with excessive dampness. Symptoms include profuse leukorrhea that is white, thin and clear, or yellow and viscous, or curd-like,…

Using plasters for external treatment is a traditional TCM therapy. Some traditional plasters have a certain efficacy in relieving pain in tumor patients. These plasters not only have analgesic effects but can, in some lucky patients, also shrink tumors. Of course, the effective rate of…

Paclitaxel, extracted from the yew tree (Taxus), is a commonly used chemotherapy drug with some efficacy against many types of cancer. But paclitaxel also has significant side effects: it has a strong myelosuppressive effect, and 78% of patients using it develop anemia, with some experiencing…

Fuling (Poria) is a mild-medicinal, food-and-medicine water-draining and swelling-relieving herb. Fuling cakes (fuling bing) are one of Beijing's local specialties. Fuling cakes, also called fuling sandwich cakes, were originally a Qing-dynasty imperial food and are a nourishing traditional Beijing pastry. They are thin cakes made…

Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis) is the dried powder or cake made by processing the leaves or leafy stems and branches of Strobilanthes cusia (Acanthaceae), Polygonum tinctorium (Polygonaceae), or Isatis indigotica (Brassicaceae). It is produced mainly in Fujian, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Hebei; the best quality comes…

Because cancer patients need to take Chinese and Western medicines over a long period, they easily lose their appetite from too much medication and develop a series of symptoms of drug-induced stomach injury. Personally I commonly use three medicines to solve this problem: first, Guizhi…

Liushen Wan is a commonly used Chinese patent medicine, a confidential prescription product of Lei Yunshang Pharmaceutical Group. Its function is to clear heat and cool, resolve toxicity, reduce swelling, and stop pain. It is commonly used to treat rotten-throat scarlet fever, sore swollen throat,…

Shandougen is a Chinese medicinal herb commonly used in oncology. There are two kinds of shandougen on the market: one is guang dougen, produced mainly in Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other places; the other is bei dougen, produced in North China and the Northeast.

Shancigu is a commonly used anti-cancer Chinese herb, but it also has significant side effects. Over the years I have often met patients whose liver and kidney function was damaged after taking shancigu; some severely affected patients have even had their lives endangered by overdosing…