Cancer ⁽¹⁰⁹⁾

Breast cancer is among the more treatable tumor diseases, but once it ulcerates it becomes hard to treat. Since ancient times, various TCM external-medicine classics have repeatedly recorded: "Once ru yan (breast rock, i.e. breast cancer) ulcerates, it is untreatable," showing that once breast cancer…

The basic approach of TCM in treating cancer is a comprehensive strategy combining supporting the healthy qi (fuzheng) with eliminating the pathogen (quxie). Ideally, TCM cancer treatment should achieve results that both improve the patient's quality of life and inhibit the tumors and cancer-toxin within…

The veteran TCM physician Sun Bingyan was among the first generation of doctors after the founding of the People's Republic who used TCM to fight cancer and achieved remarkable results. During his lifetime he was received and looked after by Premier Zhou Enlai, by former…

Cancer patients need to take medicine over a long period. When undergoing TCM treatment, for some cancer patients who are not in the acute phase, one may consider using herbal paste formula (gaofang) rather than decoction (tangfang) for treatment. For patients who are unwilling to…

Whether cancer arises from pre-existing deficiency, or whether deficiency develops after cancer sets in, deficiency-consumption (xusun) is, for most cancer patients, an unavoidable clinical manifestation after they develop the disease. This is why TCM cancer treatment must always combine attacking the pathogen with supporting the…

The purgation method is one of the most important TCM approaches to cancer treatment. China's renowned contemporary anti-cancer TCM physician, the elder Sun Bingyan, was a master of using purgation to treat cancer and achieved outstanding results. There are often late-stage cancer patients who, after…

This is a formula recorded under the entry on Dan Douchi (Fermented Soybean) in Professor Zhang Tingmo's Chinese Materia Medica for Clinical Practice. I have not personally used it in the clinic and cannot judge its actual efficacy; I hope readers who have used it…

When cancer reaches its terminal stage, every form of treatment can only achieve limited effect; the hope of raising the dead is slim. Yet many families still refuse to give up, still hope to cure the patient, and travel everywhere seeking doctors and consultations. In…

Chaihu (Bupleurum Root) and Huangqin (Scutellaria Root) are two very important herbs for harmonizing the Shaoyang. When used appropriately, they can treat many difficult and complicated diseases, with good effects on cancer, asthma, hepatitis B, pulmonary tuberculosis, uterine fibroids, and various chronic inflammations. The Chinese…

Qi, male, 45 years old, from Liaoyuan, Jilin Province, worked as a criminal police officer. It is suspected that long-term late nights and excessive pressure related to his occupation led to his lymphoma. The patient had also suffered from hepatitis B for many years, as…