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.)

Liver Cancer #2

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Hb. Hydrocotyli Sibthorpioiditis Tian Hu Sui 60g Clears Heat, Eliminates Phlegm, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Promotes diuresis, Resolves toxicity.
Hb. Scutellariae Barbatae Ban Zhi Lian 30g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxins, activates the Blood, reduces swellings, promotes urination, reduces edema and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
With Bai Hua She She Cao, for cancer.
Hb. Lobelia Chinensis Ban Bian Lian 30g Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Promotes urination, Reduces edema, Reduces toxicity.
Hb. Hedyotis Diffusae Bai Hua She She Cao 30g Clears Heat, strongly relieves Fire toxins, reduces abscesses, promotes urination and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 30g Clears Heat, Expels pus, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Resolves Dampness, Strengthens the Spleen.

Formula Actions

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves toxicity
  • Promotes diuresis
  • Inhibits the growth of cancer cells

Syndromes

  • Toxic Damp-Heat

Clinical Manifestations

  • Pain and fullness in ribs on both sides
  • Maybe pain in the right hypochondrium
  • 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
  • Lassitude
  • Maybe thirst or thirst with no desire to drink
  • Diarrhea with foul smell or
  • Constipation
  • Dislike of oily foods
  • Fever
  • Sweet sticky taste or bitter taste in mouth
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • 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

  • Liver 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.