Liver Cancer ⁽³¹⁾

The Chinese medicine Shuihonghua is the seed of Polygonum orientale (red knotweed, Polygonaceae); red knotweed is also called wild pepper, and both its seeds and leaves have a pungent taste. Shuihonghua seeds were used as medicine by the ancient Chinese very early on. TCM holds…

When cirrhosis or liver cancer (including primary liver cancer and secondary hepatic metastatic tumors) reaches an advanced stage, portal hypertension and hepatic decompensation are usually present, and the liver can no longer meet the body's basic metabolic needs. Moreover, because cirrhosis or a liver tumor…

Wild water chestnut (ye bi qi, Sagittaria) is a common malignant weed in southern paddy fields, named for its corm resembling the edible water chestnut (bi qi / Eleocharis dulcis). It is a sedge: stems are erect, tufted and cylindrical, 30-100 cm tall, 4-7 mm…

Xiaozheng Yigan Pian (Stasis-Blocking and Liver-Benefiting Tablets) is a Chinese patent medicine. It is not covered by medical insurance and is not an OTC drug; it must be used under a doctor's prescription. Xiaozheng Yigan Pian are sugar-coated tablets made from an extract of feilian…

Zou Xuexi, born in 1931, was a native of Xindu county, Sichuan. He studied medicine from childhood under the famous physician Liao Deming and was a TCM physician who grew up through the apprenticeship model. In 1991 he was named by the National Personnel Department,…

The patient was a 74-year-old woman, the mother of my junior-middle-school classmate. On April 12, 2023, she went to Wuxue City First People's Hospital in Hubei Province (outpatient no. 2304131004) because of severe liver pain. Radiological examination (image no. CT0230413001) showed multiple slightly hypodense lesions…

This medical case was published by a certain professor of Chinese medicine; to respect his privacy, he will not be named. The fact that the professor openly published this case honestly is commendable. Refractory ascites due to liver cancer carries a very poor prognosis, and…

Professor Fang Yaozhong (1921-1995) was a famous contemporary TCM master in China. Before his passing, he worked at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, the predecessor of which was the China Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Professor Fang Yaozhong was one of the great…

I have previously written two articles specifically on treating hepatic ascites: one is "Rapidly Removing Ascites May Trigger More Serious Hepatorenal Syndrome," and the other is "Qualitative and Quantitative Issues in Treating Ascites." In both articles I stressed that ascites treatment must not be rushed,…

This case report was published in the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine Guide (2022, 28(02): 180-183), under the original title "Jiang Yilan's Experience in Treating Massive Hepatocellular Carcinoma Based on the Theory that 'the Liver Takes Yin as its Substance and Yang as its Function'",…