Famous Anti-Cancer Formulas ⁽¹⁷⁾

Shiquan Dabu Tang first appeared in the Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang (Prescriptions from the Taiping Peaceful Benevolent Dispensary, 1151 AD), compiled under the direction of the Song-dynasty Taiping Huimin Bureau (the state-run pharmacy of the Song dynasty). It was later improved in the Chuanshi Shiyong…

Buyang Huanwu Tang (Yang-Supplementing and Five-Returning Decoction) is a famous formula by the Qing-dynasty physician Wang Qingren, recorded in his book Corrections of Errors Among Physicians (Yilin Gaicuo). It belongs to the TCM category of blood-regulating formulas. Buyang Huanwu Tang has the actions of supplementing…

Recently, several of my patients told me one after another that Beijing Tongrentang's Xihuang Wan (Xihuang Pills) had risen sharply in price. What used to cost three or four hundred yuan a box, obtainable at medical-insurance designated hospitals, had suddenly jumped to 1,180 yuan. When…

"Xiangbei Yangrong Tang" comes from the Yizong Jinjian (Golden Mirror of the Medical Lineage), and "Herong Sanjian Wan" comes from the Waike Zhengzong (Orthodox Manual of External Medicine). Both are classic famous formulas of TCM external medicine. The reason I introduce these two formulas together…

Baoyuan Tang (Source-Restoring Decoction) originates from Boxin Jian (A Compassionate Mirror, written by the Ming-dynasty physician Wei Zhi, also called Douzhen Boxin Jian; in this work Wei Zhi used Baoyuan Tang as the main formula to treat smallpox and measles). It is an excellent formula…

Biejia Jian Wan is a classic famous formula from the Han-dynasty Zhang Zhongjing's "Jingui Yaolue" (Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet). Modern pharmaceutical versions are sometimes called Renshen Biejia Jian Wan (Ginseng Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Decoction Pill). Its ingredients include soft-shelled turtle shell glue (Biejiajiao),…

Xiangbei Yangrong Decoction originates from the Yizong Jinjian (Golden Mirror of Medicine) and was used for upper-stone-gumbo (shiju) of the qi-blood dual deficiency type. It is basically formed by adding Cyperi Rhizoma (Xiangfu), Fritillaria (Beimu), tangerine peel (Chenpi), and Platycodon (Jiegeng) to the basis of…