Esophageal Cancer #68

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	60g	Clears Heat from the Stomach and Lungs, Cools the Blood, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Stops bleeding.
Hb. Hedyotis Diffusae	Bai Hua She She Cao	60g	Clears Heat, strongly relieves Fire toxins, reduces abscesses and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Rx. Adenophorae	Nan Sha Shen	15g	Clears Heat, Dispels Phlegm, Generates fluids, Moistens the Lungs, Nourishes the Stomach, Nourishes Yin, Stops coughing.
Rz. Polygonati Odorati	Yu Zhu	15g	Nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Stomach and generates fluids. With Nan Sha Shen and Mai Men Dong, for a dry cough, thirst and other symptoms associated with injured fluids due to Lung and Stomach Yin Deficiency.
Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong	9g	Moistens the Lungs, Nourishes Stomach Yin and generates Fluids, Nourishes Yin, Stops coughing.
Flos Inulae	Xuan Fu Hua	9g	Descends Qi, Expels Phlegm, Removes pathogenic water, Resolves Phlegm Stagnation in the Lungs, Stops vomiting and calms rebellious Stomach Qi.
Rz. Dioscoreae	Shan Yao	24g	Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach Yin, tonifies Lung Qi and nourishes Lung Yin.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat from the Stomach and Lungs
• Relieves Fire toxins
• Reduces abscesses
• Nourishes Yin
• Moistens the Lungs
• Nourishes Stomach Yin
• Tonifies Lung Qi
• Nourishes Lung Yin
• Inhibits the growth of cancer cells

Syndromes

• Stomach and Lung Yin Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations

Hacking cough with little yellow sputum or No sputum Blood tinged sputum (when Yin Deficient Fire is present) Spitting saliva Wheezing Shortness of breath Dry, uncomfortable sensation in throat Hiccups Dry mouth Dry throat Itching in throat Coughing up difficult-to-extectorate Phlegm Nausea Hoarse voice, low voice or loss of voice Thirst Asthma

Flushed face Five sole Heat Afternoon fever Night sweats Malar flush (especially in afternoon) Emaciation Vomiting No appetite or Famished but with no desire to eat Abdominal distention after meals Dry stools Irritability with low grade fever Maybe dry retching or T: Red and dry C: Little or None P: Thready and rapid or Deficient and rapid

Treats

Esophageal cancer

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Decoct the ingredients in 200ml of water to a volume of 600-800ml of broth. Mix with of 120g honey after removing the dregs for further decoction. The broth is divided into four equal portions for oral administration, four times a day.

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