Esophageal Cancer ⁽²⁴⁾

The journal Anhui Medicine, issue 1973(2): 23, recorded a formula called "Kaidao San," an empirical formula used at the time for treating inability to swallow in advanced esophageal cancer. The formula consists of: Pengsha (Borax) 61 g; Mengshi (Lapis Micae Aureus) 46 g; Huoxiao (Niter)…

Linxian (now Linzhou), Henan Province, is a high-incidence area for esophageal cancer in China, and the experience of treating esophageal cancer there is also the richest in the country. The folk experience of using Donglingcao (Rabdosiae Rubescentis Herba) to treat esophageal cancer was unearthed from…

Dr. Gao Guilin was a student of Mr. Shi Jinmo, one of the four famous traditional Chinese medicine physicians of the old capital in modern times, and he was among the first group of TCM physicians in China after the founding of the People's Republic…

Professor Chen Chishu (1913-1983) was a professor at the former Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He had rich teaching experience and excellent clinical results, and was skilled in treating intermediate and advanced gastric and esophageal cancer with TCM. Professor Chen held that in the…

Abstract: Epidemiological features, etiology, common symptoms and treatment options of esophageal cancer. Keywords: esophageal cancer, esophagus, esophageal tumor, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, esophageal adenocarcinoma. Esophageal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in humans. There are about 400,000 new cases worldwide each year,…

Ran Xuefeng (1879-1963) was a famous TCM physician of modern China. In his work Ran Xuefeng Yian (Medical Cases of Ran Xuefeng) he records a case of treating ye ge, transcribed below: The wife of a man surnamed Li suffered from ye ge for 30…

I previously wrote an article, "An Outline of Professor Shen Shaogong's Approach to Treating Malignant Tumors," introducing his main approach. Now I present his case records of treating malignant tumors, to learn how he treated them. This article presents two of his cases of esophageal…

Yu Tuan (1438–1517), courtesy name Tianmin, self-styled Old Man Hengde of Huaxi, was from Huaci Village, Ershisanli Town, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province. He was a renowned physician of the mid-Ming Dynasty. The Jin Hua Fu Zhi (Gazetteer of Jinhua Prefecture) records: "In Yiwu, those famous…

A certain Mr. Sheng of Tianjin, around fifty years of age, developed dysphagia (ye ge). Cause: His circumstances had long been unfavorable, and he was by nature impatient and prone to liver-rage, whereupon he contracted this illness. Symptoms: At first he only felt food go…

The renowned Shaanxi TCM physician Jia Kun (1919-2005) was an early pioneer in TCM anti-cancer research. The widely used Chinese patent medicine Pingxiao Pian (Pingxiao Jiaonang) was developed from Jia Kun's empirical anti-cancer formula "Pingxiao Dan." Besides contributing the Pingxiao Dan formula, Professor Jia authored…