Pleural Effusion ⁽²⁰⁾

Pleural effusion is a common complication of lung cancer and many other chronic lung diseases. Once fluid accumulates in the pleural cavity, patients often develop cough, profuse sputum, chest tightness, chest pain, and frequent or scanty urination; severe cases may show edema of the legs…

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…

CA125 (carbohydrate antigen 125) is an important tumor marker. Elevated CA125 expression is common in many malignant tumors, including ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and mesothelioma. Among them, ovarian cancer and mesothelioma are often accompanied by tumor complications such as cancerous wasting. In some patients the…

Fangji Huangqi Tang (Stephania and Astragalus Decoction) comes from Zhang Zhongjing's Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet). It treats "wind-dampness with a floating pulse, heaviness of the body, sweating and aversion to wind." The original formula is: Fangji (Stephaniae Radix) 1…

Patients with mid- to late-stage cancer often develop various cancer complications. Ascites and intestinal adhesions occurring together are extremely common, and in severe cases there may even be intestinal obstruction. This is especially common in gynecological patients with ovarian cancer and cervical cancer. Some colorectal-cancer…

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,…

The recipe of Winter Melon Liquid (Donggua Ye) is recorded in the medical writings of the late renowned TCM physician Liu Minshu. Winter Melon Liquid is specifically indicated for deficiency-type edema. When edema arises after a prolonged illness, or the mild ascites of cancer patients…

What are pleural and ascitic fluid in cancer patients? What role can dietary therapy play? Pleural and ascitic fluid in cancer patients are accumulations of fluid in the pleural and abdominal cavities caused by cancer; they are common complications of late-stage cancer. They seriously impair…