Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Bladder Cancer #14

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen 15g Clears Heat, Dries Dampness, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Promotes urination.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood and nourishes Yin.
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 12g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Hb. Sive Rx. Cirsii Japonicae Da Ji 12g Cools the Blood, stops bleeding, disperses Blood Stasis and reduces swelling.
With Xiao Ji, for hematuria due to Blood Heat.
Hb. Cirsii Xiao Ji 12g Clears Damp-Heat, Cools the Blood, Disperses Blood Stasis, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Promotes urination, Reduces abscesses, Reduces swelling, Resolves toxicity, Stops bleeding.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 9g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and drains Damp-Heat from the lower Jiao.
Rz. Dioscoreae Bulbiferae Huang Yao Zi 9g Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Dissipates nodules, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Reduces masses, Reduces toxicity, Resolves Phlegm, Stops bleeding.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 6g Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao, Drains Fire, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Relieves Fire toxicity.
Succinum (taken separately) Hu Po 1.5g Dissipates Stasis, Invigorates the Blood, Promotes urination, Unblocks painful urinary dysfunction.

Formula Actions

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves Dampness
  • Eliminates toxicity
  • Cools the Blood
  • Stops bleeding
  • Invigorates the blood
  • Disperses Blood Stasis
  • Inhibits the growth of cancer cells

Syndromes

  • Toxic Damp-Heat with Blood Stasis

Clinical Manifestations

  • Hematuria - in the beginning, a small amount of Blood appears at the end of urination. As it progresses, the volume of Blood increases.
  • Blood clots causing pain on urination
  • Pain in the pubic and perineal areas
  • Pain at the end of the penis
  • Anal pain
  • Low back and waist pain and aching
  • Oliguria
  • Frequent urination
  • Pain and fullness in ribs on both sides
  • Maybe pain in the right hypochondrium
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting sour and bitter fluids
  • Anorexia
  • Maybe alternating chills and fever
  • Concentrated, dark urine
  • Local redness, swelling and pain
  • Maybe fever and chills
  • Abdominal distention and discomfort
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Dislike of oily foods
  • Maybe thirst or thirst with no desire to drink
  • Lassitude
  • Diarrhea with foul smell or
  • Constipation
  • Fever
  • Sweet sticky taste or bitter taste in mouth
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Women:
    Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell
    Pruritis vulvae
  • Men:
    Pain, swelling and burning sensations of testicles
    Spermatorrhea or premature ejaculation
  • High fever
  • Confusion of mind
  • Delirium
  • Mania
  • Dark yellow urine
  • Excessive skin rashes all over body
  • Hematuria
  • T: Pink or Deep red, dry or Purple red
    C: Yellow and greasy or sticky
    P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid or Rapid or Thready and rapid or Thready and feeble

Treats

  • Bladder cancer

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Notes

Modifications

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.