Liver Cancer #24

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae	Yin Chen Hao	30g	Clears Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder, relieves jaundice and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Polyporus	Zhu Ling	15g	Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, dispels Damp-Heat and inhibits the growth of cancer cells. With Mu Tong and Hua Shi, for Bloody Lin and abdominal distention with Heat signs. With Ze Xie, drains Damp, unblocks and drains urinary pathways and drains Heat from the Bladder. With Fu Ling and Ze Xie, for edema due to Spleen Deficiency.
Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie	9g	Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness, With Mu Tong, for Lin Syndrome with scanty urine and edema.
Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong	12g	Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction. With Fu Ling and Zhu Ling, for edema.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang	6g	Drains Heat, purges accumulations, transforms Dampness, promotes urination, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis and inhibits the growth of cancer cells. With Yin Chen Hao, for Early-Stage Damp-Heat Jaundice when Heat is stronger than Dampness.
Poria	Fu Ling	12g	Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness 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. With Zhu Ling, promotes urination. With Ze Xie and Zhu Ling, strengthens its ability to promote urination and leach out Dampness.
Talcum	Hua Shi	15g	Promotes urination, drains Heat from the Urinary Bladder, aids the movement of gravel and stones and expels Damp-Heat. With Zhu Ling and Ze Xie, for Stone Lin. With Mu topng, for Heat Lin.
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli	Ji Nei Jin	6g	Strongly reduces Food Stagnation, improves the Spleen’s transportive function, transforms hardness, dissolves stones and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

Formula Actions

• Clears Dampness
• Purges Heat from Liver and Gallbladder

Syndromes

• Advanced Liver cancer due to Damp-Heat with jaundice and ascites

Clinical Manifestations

Ascites Yang jaundice (sclera and skin bright yellow) 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 Abdominal distention and fullness Restlessness Feverishness Women: Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell Pruritis vulvae Men: Pain, swelling and burning sensations of testicles T: Pink with red tip and edges C: Yellow and greasy or sticky P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid More Heat than Dampness: Bright yellow eyes and skin Fever Thirst Restless Nausea Dark, scanty urine T: Pink with red tip and edges C: Thick P: Wiry and rapid

More Dampness than Heat: Light yellow coloration Heaviness of the head and body Epigastric and abdominal fullness and distention Anorexia Thirst with no desire to drink Loose stools T: Pink with red tip and edges C: Whitish-gray P: Soft or slippery Acute jaundice: Sudden onset Rapid aggravation of yellow pigmentation High fever Thirst Restlessness Deep yellow urine Coma Delirium Epistaxis Gum bleeding Drowsiness T: Red C: Yellow and curdy or Yellow and dry P: Wiry and rapid or Thready and rapid

Treats

Advanced Liver cancer with jaundice and ascites

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For jaundice:
+ 30g Exocarpium Citrulli	Xi Gua Pi
+ 10g Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai