Pericardial Effusion ⁽⁶⁾

In "Shengji Zonglu" (Imperial Benevolent Records) there is a formula called Kuanqi Wan. Its composition is: Fangji (Stephania tetrandra) and Tian Tingli (descurainia seed, stir-fried with paper separating), each five qian (now 15 g); Hei Qianniuzi (black pharbitis seed, stir-fried until fragrant), one liang (now…

Professor Yin Huihe had an empirical formula called "Huayu Tongqi Paishui Fang" (Stasis-Transforming, Qi-Moving, Water-Draining Formula) for treating ascites due to liver disease. It may be used for ascites caused by liver cirrhosis or hepatitis, and as adjuvant treatment for ascites caused by liver cancer…

Veteran TCM physician Wang Guosan was born in 1930 and hailed from Hebei Province. He was the honorary director and chief physician of the Tangshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Hebei. He was an early disciple of the late renowned veteran TCM physician Yue Meizhong.

Cancer patients easily develop complications such as pleural and ascitic effusion, pericardial effusion, and pelvic effusion. Some patients, after teaching themselves a little TCM, learn that Shizao Tang in the Shanghan Lun and Jingui Yaolue treats 'suspended fluid' (xuan yin), and so take Shizao Tang…

Kushen (Sophora flavescens, shrubby sophora root) is one of the Chinese herbs with relatively strong anticancer activity. Not only TCM doctors but most Western oncology doctors acknowledge its anticancer effect; Kushen injection is a new herbal preparation commonly used by Western oncologists. Modern pharmacological studies…

Malignant fluid produced by tumors and accumulating in the thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, and pericardium is what is commonly called pleural effusion, ascites, and pericardial effusion. These are common complications in cancer patients; if not handled well, many cancer patients die precisely from pleural, peritoneal,…