Esophageal Cancer ⁽²⁴⁾

Kaidao San (Way-Opening Powder) is an empirical TCM formula for treating esophageal obstruction caused by esophageal cancer. Its composition is: Pengsha (Borax, 硼砂) 60 g, Huoxiao (Nitre, 火硝) 30 g, Naosha (Sal Ammoniac, 硇砂) 6 g, Chenxiang (Aquilariae Lignum, 沉香) 9 g, Bingpian (Borneolum, 冰片)…

Ancient Chinese medical writings, when discussing disease, mostly echoed received opinion; few offered independent views. Many texts were simply plagiarized from earlier authors, and the resulting errors multiplied endlessly, misleading later learners of medicine. But occasionally some authors are wonderfully candid, honestly recording what they…

Antike Jiaonang (Antike Capsule) is a commonly used anti-cancer patent medicine whose ingredients include Chanpi (toad skin) and Danggui. It is commonly used for blood-stasis patterns of esophageal cancer and advanced primary liver cancer, as adjuvant therapy during chemotherapy for mid-to-late gastric cancer, or alone…

China has long been a country with a heavy burden of esophageal cancer. According to the World Health Organization, China ranks first in the world in esophageal cancer incidence. This is closely related to two deeply ingrained dietary habits of the Chinese people: first, the…

Patients with advanced upper digestive tract cancer (esophageal cancer, cardiac carcinoma or gastric cancer) usually develop, as the disease progresses, symptoms such as gastric bloating, stomach pain, hiccups, vomiting, acid regurgitation and heartburn. By this stage most patients already have distant metastases, and cure by…

In the Ming-dynasty physician Fang Guang's work Danxi Xin Fa Fu Yu (Supplement to the Core Traditions of Danxi), there is a formula called "Shenxian Duoming Dan" (Divine Life-Saving Pill). It consists of 13 wumei (smoked plums, soaked in water, pit removed), naosha (sal ammoniac)…

Wu Ye San (“Five-Block Powder”) comes from Jisheng Fang (in the Jingyue Quanshu it is also called Wu Ge San, “Five-Diaphragm Powder”). It treats “five types of Ye (dysphagia): food that will not go down, vomiting and reverse flow with profuse phlegm, obstruction in the…

Can-Zhe Pei-Qi Tang (Ginseng-Ochre Qi-Supplementing Decoction) is an empirical formula of Zhang Xichun from the late Qing and early Republican period. The original formula: Lu Dangshen (Codonopsis) six qian, Tiandong (Asparagus) four qian, raw Zheshi (Hematitum) eight qian (ground fine), clear Banxia (Pinellia) three qian,…

"Wuzhi Anzhong Yin" originates from Experienced Prescriptions. It has the actions of nourishing the stomach and generating fluids, harmonizing the middle and lowering counterflow. It can be used for dysphagia (ye ge) belonging to the fluid-deficiency and heat-accumulation pattern. Symptoms include choking and pain upon…

The disease caused by excessive contact of the gastroesophageal lumen with (or exposure to) gastric juice, producing clinical gastroesophageal reflux and injury to the esophageal mucosa, is called gastroesophageal reflux; ancient TCM called this disease "ye ge" (dysphagia) or "ge shi" (dysphagia due to obstruction).