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Pyloric obstruction is common in patients with esophageal and cardiac carcinoma. Once pyloric obstruction occurs, the patient has difficulty swallowing and cannot eat. Without solving this problem, the patient not only can hardly undergo the next stage of treatment but also struggles to maintain nutrition,…

Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang first appears in Zhang Zhongjing's Jin Gui Yao Lue of the Han dynasty. It is composed of five Chinese herbs: Ju Pi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, tangerine peel), Zhu Ru (Bambusae Caulis in Taeniam, bamboo shavings), Sheng Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma recens),…

Thyroid tumors are benign or malignant growths occurring in the thyroid. Benign tumors are generally thyroid adenomas; malignant ones are thyroid carcinomas. On palpation, the physician can feel thyroid nodules; some patients also have hoarseness and dysphagia. In TCM, thyroid tumors belong to the category…

Craniocerebral trauma and intracranial tumor compression can both cause headache, dizziness, lethargy/unconsciousness, nausea, and vomiting. Because ordinary drugs cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, ordinary formulas have poor effect on the headache, dizziness, vomiting, and coma caused by craniocerebral trauma and intracranial tumors; one must use…

A powder made mainly from realgar (xionghuang) and dried alum (ku fan) (or white alum, mingfan), ground together with other herbs for external application, is generally named Xiong Fan Powder (Realgar-Alum Powder). There are many formulas named Xiong Fan Powder; the main active ingredients are…

Hematuria is a common clinical symptom of various kidney and urinary tract diseases. In clinical practice I often have to manage patients' hematuria and have gradually formed my own experience with medication. My basic formula for treating hematuria is quite simple: plantain herb (cheqiancao) 20…

The Secret Records of the Orchid Chamber (Lanshi Micang) is a work by Li Dongyuan. In this book there are three formulas for treating "nose unable to distinguish fragrance from stench" or "nasal congestion": one is called Lizi Tongqi Tang (Liz Airing-the-Qi Decoction), one Wenfei…

The late Professor Zhu Chenyu, former head of the TCM department at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, produced many research findings on the TCM treatment of diabetes, and his commonly used Jiangtang Shengmai Fang (Blood-Sugar-Lowering Pulse-Generating Formula) is one of them. Jiangtang Shengmai Fang is…

Yunv Jian (Jade Woman Decoction) comes from Jingyue Quanshu (Complete Works of Zhang Jingyue). Zhang Jingyue used it to treat “water deficiency with fire exuberance, all six pulses floating, surging, slippery and large, lesser-yin deficiency, yangming excess, vexing heat and dry thirst, headache and toothache,…

Shengxue Bingsui Tang (Blood-Engendering Marrow-Supplementing Decoction) comes from the Shangke Buyao (Essentials of Traumatology); it is an orthopedic formula for setting bones and healing injuries, composed of Shengdi (Rehmanniae Radix Recens), Chishao (Paeoniae Radix Rubra), Huangqi (Astragali Radix), Duzhong (Eucommiae Cortex), Wujiapi (Acanthopanacis Cortex), Niuxi…