TCM Anti-Cancer ⁽⁷⁹⁾

Heshouwu (Fallopia multiflora / Fo-ti) is a household-name Chinese herb. As the name suggests, many believe it turns white hair black, to the point that shampoos advertise Heshouwu extract as restoring dark hair. Most people know Heshouwu as a tonic, but not that it also…

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…

After Professor He Ren (born November 1, 1921; died February 23, 2012) developed bladder cancer in 1973, until the end of his life, while adopting an integrated Chinese-Western treatment plan, he persisted without fail in dietary therapy. The dietary regimen he adhered to his whole…

The patient, Jiang, female, 65, had pleural mesothelioma. She first came to me on the morning of February 21, 2018 (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year); she was also the first patient I saw after the 2018 Lunar New Year. The patient had…

Each year I see roughly over a hundred cancer patients who have developed dry heat or persistent high fever from excessive moxibustion; they come to me seeking solutions to this side effect. The first thing to understand is that cancer patients with heat patterns are…

In 2013, the Sina Cancer Friends Circle held its seventh-anniversary gathering at Wanxian Mountain, Xinxiang, Henan, and I attended. After the evening celebration began, an older woman from Beijing with advanced breast cancer, overcome with excitement, suddenly fainted. The situation was critical. Among the circle…

How long must a cancer patient using TCM anticancer therapy take Chinese medicine before stopping? This is a question I am often asked. Few doctors can answer it. In fact, the problem is not limited to TCM anticancer therapy; modern anticancer therapy faces the same…

TCM prescriptions that use many medicinals and are broad in scope have always been easy targets of criticism. Even a famous physician of the stature of Shi Jinmo could not escape censure, because he was fond of using large formulae. Those TCM physicians accustomed to…

Fangji Huangqi Tang (Stephania and Astragalus Decoction) is a famous formula from the Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essentials from the Golden Cabinet) by the Han-dynasty master physician Zhang Zhongjing. I often use this formula, with modifications, to treat pleural effusion and ascites in cancer patients;…

The Principles, Methods, Formulas and Herbs of TCM Cancer Treatment Part One Principle (Li) 1. Beginning with Dongba Culture In Lijiang, Yunnan, lives a small ethnic group called the Naxi. Though few in number, the Naxi have their own culture, religion, and medicine; people customarily…