Lung Cancer ⁽⁴³⁾

Patient Ms. Zhong, female, born in Guangzhou in 1955, now residing in New York, USA, is a lung cancer patient. Post-lung-cancer surgery, she is taking the targeted drug Tagrisso (osimertinib). She has had renal insufficiency since surgery, with elevated serum creatinine. The renal insufficiency caused…

Dr. Ai Rudi, born in 1944, is a professor at the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. On April 10, 1981, he took on a lung cancer patient surnamed Xia; after more than two years of TCM treatment by Ai Rudi, the…

“Renshen Kuanhua Wan” comes from the Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang. It is composed of Kuandonghua (Coltsfoot flower), Renshen (Ginseng), Wuweizi (Schisandra, stir-fried), Ziwan (Aster) and Sangbaipi (Morus root bark), in equal parts. Preparation: grind the herbs into a fine powder, use refined honey as an…

Xiao Xingren Jian comes from the Jifeng Puji Fang. It consists of Xingren (Apricot kernel) 2 liang (60 g), and Ziwan (Aster), Kuandonghua (Coltsfoot flower) and Fulin (Poria), each 5 qian (15 g). Preparation: grind the apricot kernels into a paste; grind Ziwan, Kuandonghua and…

Professor Liu Jiaxiang is a well-known TCM anti-cancer expert in Shanghai. He has an empirical formula for treating lung cancer called "Yifei Xiaoji Tang" (Lung-Benefiting and Mass-Resolving Decoction). The composition is: Sheng Huangqi (raw Radix Astragali) 30 g, Sheng Baizhu (raw Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) 12…

The formula "Mendong Yinzi" appears in several sources. In "Zheng Yin Mai Zhi" (Treatment of Disease Causes by Symptom, Pulse, and Pattern), it consists of Tiandong (Asparagus root), Maidong (Ophiopogon), Sangbaipi (Morus bark), Zhiqiao (bitter orange), Jiegeng (Platycodon), Jingjie (Schizonepeta), and Gancao (Licorice), in appropriate…

Patient Ye, female, 62, from Gutian, Fujian Province. On May 24, 2022, a plain chest CT at the Fuzhou Shi'er Medical Imaging Diagnostic Center (examination no. M6313534) revealed a suspected lung cancer: an irregular, densified shadow in the upper lingular segment of the left upper…

Cui, male, was 70 years old at the first visit. He had smoked for decades and was still unable to quit. On July 22, 2020, his family contacted me through the referral of a family member of a previous patient I had treated, seeking help…

Wang, female, 75 years old, from Chengde, Hebei Province. On May 18, 2021, examination at the Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical College, Hebei, found suspicious pulmonary lesions (CT examination No. 810829): patchy opacities in the right upper lobe, with ill-defined, spiculated margins, traversing vessels, internal…

This article follows the previous three. In Common Knowledge About Pulmonary Nodules (1), I introduced some basic knowledge about pulmonary nodules; in Common Knowledge About Pulmonary Nodules (2), I described some basic features of benign and malignant pulmonary nodules; in Common Knowledge About Pulmonary Nodules…