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.)

Cancerous Ascites #1

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Rx. Wikstroemiae Pu Yin 12g Dispels Heat, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Promotes urination, Removes accumulations, Resolves toxicity.
Hb. Lobeliae Chinensis Ban Bian Lian 30g Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Promotes urination, Reduces edema, Reduces toxicity.
Fr. Lagenariae Ku Hu Lu 30g Promotes urination, reduces swelling and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

Formula Actions

  • Dispels Heat
  • Resolves toxicity
  • Promotes urination
  • Reduces edema
  • Inhibits the growth of cancer cells

Syndromes

  • Toxic Damp-Heat

Clinical Manifestations

  • Ascites
  • 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
  • Lassitude
  • Maybe thirst or thirst with no desire to drink
  • 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
  • T: Pink
  • C: Yellow and greasy or sticky
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid

Treats

  • Cancerous ascites

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Notes

Modifications

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