Anti-Cancer Herbs ⁽¹⁷¹⁾

The earthworm is a commonly used TCM herb, also known as Dilong ("Earth Dragon"). In October 2017, researchers at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland, found in experiments that earthworm coelomic fluid can kill nearly 80% of lung-cancer cells. This news was widely reported, but…

Zhenggu Water is a topical medicine commonly used in Chinese orthopedics and traumatology. It has the actions of activating blood and dispelling stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and soothing the tendons and unblocking the collaterals; clinically it is mainly used for traumatic injuries. Zhenggu…

Meihua Dianshe Dan comes from Waike Zhengzhi Quansheng Ji (Complete Records on the Pattern and Treatment of External Disorders). It was a secret family formula of the famous Qing-dynasty physician Wang Weide (style name Hongxu, 1669–1749), who made it public in that book. After Waike…

Zhongjiefeng is the whole plant of Sarcandra glabra, a member of the Chloranthaceae family; it is also known as Caoshanhu (Sarcandra), Jiujiecha, and Jiegu Jinshulan. Folk people named it Zhongjiefeng (literally "swelling-node-wind") because of its efficacy in dispersing swelling and nodules. Traditional Chinese medicine holds…

Ankangxin Capsules are an anticancer Chinese patent medicine developed by contemporary TCM. Their main ingredients are eighteen Chinese herbs including Astragali Radix (Huang Qi), Ginseng Radix (Ren Shen), Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Dan Shen), Ganoderma (Ling Zhi), Psoraleae Fructus (Bu Gu Zhi), Schisandrae Fructus…

Ganfule tablets (capsules) are a modern Chinese patent medicine. Its ingredients include: Codonopsis (Dangshen), turtle shell (Biejia, vinegar-processed), Paris rhizome (Chonglou), white atractylodes (Baizhu, stir-fried), Astragalus (Huangqi), tangerine peel (Chenpi), ground beetle (Tubiechong), rhubarb (Dahuang), peach kernel (Taoren), Scutellaria barbata (Banzhilian), Patrinia (Baijiangcao), Poria (Fuling),…

Erse Blood-Supplementing Grass (bicolor sea-lavender, Limonium bicolor) is the root or whole herb of Limonium bicolor of the leadwort family (Plumbaginaceae). Its flowers come in two colors—part pink, part yellow—hence the name "two-color blood-supplementing grass." Because it flowers profusely with bright colors, it has high…

Baiying is a plant of the Solanum genus in the nightshade family. Baimao teng ("white-vine") is the whole herb of Baiying; because the stems and leaves of Baiying are covered with a layer of white hairs, its whole herb is used medicinally under the name…

Tianchan Capsule is a Chinese patent medicine commonly used in oncology. Its ingredients are: Tianxianwu (Corydalis decumbens Rhizoma), prepared Chuanwu (Aconiti Radix preparata), Chansu (Bufonis Venenum), Zusima (Daphnes Giraldii Cortex), Baiqucai (Chelidonii Herba), Qinjiao (Gentianae macranthae Radix), Baizhi (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix), Chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma), and…

The Qing-dynasty physician Zhao Xuemin wrote in Bencao Gangmu Shiyi (Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica): "Li Bingwen, an assistant prefect in Shaoxing, long stationed on the frontier, said that in Barkol there grows a medicinal herb called Yizhihao. It grows in deep mountains,…