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.)

Colon Cancer #4

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao 15g Clears Hot Phlegm, dissipates nodules and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Flos Lonicera Jin Yin Hua 30g Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao, Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Resolves Fire toxicity, Stops bleeding.
Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying 15g Reduces abscesses, dissipates nodules, clears Heat, resolves Dampness, relieves Fire toxicity and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
With Jin Yin Hua and Zi Hua Di Ding, for all hot, painful, hard and deep-rooted boils.
With Xia Ku Cao, for a swollen, sore throat, red, swollen eyes and deep-rooted sores.
Periostracum Serpentis She Tui 3g Resolves toxins and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding 15g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, clears hot sores and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
With Pu Gong Ying, for breast abscesses, furuncles, boils and carbuncles and Damp-Heat jaundice.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 15g Relieves diarrhea and stops bleeding.
Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng 15g Clears Heat, alleviates dysentery, cools the Blood and resolves Fire toxicity.

Formula Actions

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves toxicity
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Stops bleeding
  • Reduces swellings
  • Eliminates Damp-Heat
  • Inhibits the growth of cancer cells

Syndromes

  • Toxic Damp Heat

Clinical Manifestations

  • Hemafecia
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • 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
  • 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 or
  • Diarrhea
  • Fever
  • Sweet sticky taste or bitter taste in mouth
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell
  • Pruritis vulvae
  • T: Pink
  • C: Yellow and greasy or sticky
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid

Treats

  • Colon cancer with hemafecia

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

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HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Notes

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