Chemoradiation Side Effects ⁽¹⁷⁾

A cervical-cancer patient who recently consulted me developed radiation enteritis after radiotherapy. She had previously seen a TCM physician locally. That physician, although he could not solve her cancer problem, very effectively solved her radiation-enteritis problem. The prescription this physician wrote was extraordinary; I myself…

The child, a certain Zhang, aged 2, from Shandong Province, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in that province in August 2020, and later treated at the Shanghai Children's Medical Center (patient no. 64709985). The child's parents first contacted me on December 27, 2020, seeking my help.

A small number of cancer patients develop vasculitis during chemotherapy because of the irritation of blood vessels by chemotherapeutic drugs. Vasculitis causes patients great suffering; when severe, it can destroy the limbs, with unbearable pain that makes it hard even to walk, leaving the patient…

During radiotherapy and chemotherapy, childhood tumor patients develop nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, hair loss and other symptoms; without appropriate adjuvant treatment, the child's quality of life is seriously affected. I respectfully publish here the adjuvant formulas I commonly use for childhood tumor patients undergoing radiotherapy…

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine in Japan once reported a case of partial tumor regression in a patient with stage IV hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient came to hospital in July 2005 and was found to have a liver tumor; CT showed a 5-cm liver tumor…

After radiotherapy, cancer patients often develop complications such as radiation enteritis. It is very stubborn and hard to treat: patients have chronic diarrhea and bloody stool, and some become severely anemic from long-term bleeding, requiring regular transfusions. TCM treatment of radiation enteritis is also tricky.

When cancer patients undergo chemotherapy, they often experience some fairly severe side effects. Chinese herbal decoctions can significantly reduce chemotherapy side effects, help cancer patients complete chemotherapy smoothly, and improve chemotherapy outcomes. In my own clinical practice, I have an empirical formula that I use…