Famous Anti-Cancer Formulas ⁽¹⁷⁾

Some cancer patients develop radiation enteritis after radiotherapy as a sequela—long-term diarrhea with blood in the stool, which over time also causes anemia. Radiation enteritis is hard to treat; neither Chinese nor Western medicine has a particularly good solution. On the basis of Taohua Tang…

Qige San (Obstruction-Opening Powder) comes from Yixue Xinwu (Medical Insights) by the Qing-dynasty physician Cheng Guopeng (courtesy name Zhongling). In the "dysphagia and choking" (ye ge) section of Yixue Xinwu, Qige San is described as a formula that "opens dysphagia and obstruction, and has repeatedly…

Shengxue Busui Tang (Blood-Generating Marrow-Strengthening Decoction) comes from Shangke Buyao (Supplement to Trauma Medicine). The original formula consists of raw Rehmannia (Sheng Dihuang), Peony (Shaoyao), Astragalus (Huangqi), Eucommia (Duzhong), Acanthopanax bark (Wujiapi), Achyranthes (Niuxi), Angelica (Danggui), Dipsacus (Chuan Xuduan), Ligusticum (Chuanxiong), and Safflower (Honghua); Shangke…

Professor Zhu Chenyu (deceased) was a disciple of Shi Jinmo, one of the four famous physicians of Beijing. After graduating from high school, Zhu Chenyu studied TCM under Shi Jinmo for six years, and was then sent by his teacher to Japan to study modern…

When the contents of the intestine cannot move or pass normally, the condition is called intestinal obstruction. By severity, intestinal obstruction is divided into complete and incomplete obstruction. A milder obstruction is called incomplete intestinal obstruction, a common abdominal-surgical condition. Patients with incomplete obstruction generally…

Shengjiang San (Ascending-Descending Powder) is a classic famous formula of the TCM Warm-Disease (wenbing) school, drawn from the Shanghan Wenyi Tiaobian (Systematic Analysis of Cold Damage and Warm Epidemics). Shengjiang San consists of four herbs: Bombyx Batryticatus (jiangcan), Periostracum Cicadae (chantui), Curcumae Longae (jianghuang), and…

Dahuang Zhechong Wan (Rheum and Eupolyphaga Pill) is an inexpensive anticancer Chinese patent medicine produced by many manufacturers.Compared with costly anticancer Chinese patent medicines such as Xihuang Wan, Dahuang Zhechong Wan is far more economical and is very suitable for financially disadvantaged patients who cannot…

Pianzaihuang is a precious Chinese patent medicine that can address many problems of tumor patients, but it is expensive. For ordinary families, the price of Pianzaihuang is a threshold that is hard to cross. At current prices, one pill of Pianzaihuang costs 500–600 yuan (and,…

Qinghao Biejia Decoction comes from Wenbing Tiaobian (Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases). It has the action of nourishing yin and venting heat, and treats the late stage of warm disease with the syndrome of pathogen latent in the yin phase. Signs include fever at night…

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…