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 #2

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Hb. Lobeliae Chinensis Ban Bian Lian 30g Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Promotes urination, Reduces edema, Reduces toxicity.
Hb. Scutellariae Barbatae Ban Zhi Lian 30g Clears Heat, Invigorates the Blood, Promotes urination, Reduces edema, Reduces swellings, Resolves Fire toxins, Treats various types of cancer and hepatitis.
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 30g Strengthens the Spleen, resolves Dampness, expels Wind-Dampness, relieves pain, clears Heat, expels pus, clears Damp-Heat and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
With Fu Ling, for Spleen Deficiency with Excess Dampness and edema.
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 12g Promotes urination and clears Damp-Heat.
With Ze Xie, for Lin Syndrome, edema and distention.
Poria Fu Ling 12g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
With Ze Xie, facilitates the removal of water and leaches out Dampness to treat stagnant water and Dampness leading to edema, jaundice, diarrhea, Milky Lin, and scanty, difficult urination with abdominal distention.
Fr. Liquidamberis Lu Lu Tong 12g Promotes the movement of Qi, invigorates the Blood, opens the Middle Jiao, unblocks the channels, expels Wind and promotes water metabolism.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 15g Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Dispels Blood Stasis, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Invigorates the Blood, Reduces abscesses.
Hb. Solani Nigri Long Kui 15g Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, invigorates the Blood, reduces swellings, promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
With Ban Zhi Lian, for cancers.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 9g Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.
Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan 9g Aromatically transforms Dampness, awakens the Spleen, regulates the Middle, transforms Dampness and aromatically dispels Middle Jiao turbid filth to unbind the Stomach.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, inhibits the growth of cancer cells, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

Formula Actions

  • Promotes urination
  • Dispels Dampness
  • Clears Heat
  • Relieves Fire toxins
  • 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.