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.)

Esophageal Cancer #8

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Indigo Naturalis Qing Dai 4.5g Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Disperses Stagnation, Reduces swelling, Resolves Fire toxicity.
Gecko Ge Jie 30g Tonifies the Kidneys and Lungs and relieves cough and dyspnea.
Manosum Kaki Shi Shuang 15g Descends Qi and treats dry cough from Lung Heat dry sore throat and dry mouth.
Salmiacum Xi Sha 6g Disperses accumulation, and stagnant Blood, resolves Phlegm, promotes diuresis and softens hardness.
Borax Peng Sha 9g Clears Heat, Dissolves Phlegm and prevents putrefication, Reduces swellings, Relieves toxicity.
Maltosum Yi Tang 60g Moistens the Lungs, Stops coughs and coats foreign objects, Strengthens the Spleen, Tonifies Qi.

Formula Actions

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves Fire toxicity
  • Cools the Blood
  • Disperses Stagnation
  • Reduces swelling
  • Descends Qi
  • Relieves cough
  • Resolves Phlegm
  • Softens hardness

Syndromes

  • Blood Stagnation with Toxic Heat

Clinical Manifestations

  • Progressive dysphagia
  • Vomiting after eating
  • Local redness
  • Swelling and pain
  • Maybe fever and chills
  • General debility
  • Maybe hematemesis
  • Melaena
  • A localized pricking sensation in the chest and back
  • T: Normal or Dark blue or red with echymoses
  • C: Thick and greasy or Thin white or yellow
  • P: Rapid and forceful or Deep, sluggish and choppy or Choppy and uneven

Treats

  • Esophageal 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.