Nasopharyngeal Cancer #17

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	30g	Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity and vents and disperses External Wind-Heat. With Lian Qiao, for various Heat disorders. With Lian Qiao and Huang Qin, for unremitting high fever.
Olibanum	Ru Xiang	15g	Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, reduces swelling and generates flesh.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang	15g	Dispels Blood Stasis, Drains Fire, Drains Heat, Invigorates the Blood, Purges accumulations, Reduces Fire toxicity.
Sm. Persicae	Tao Ren	15g	Breaks up Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation and drains abscesses.
Flos Chrysanthemi	Ju Hua	9g	Disperses Wind, clears Heat, calms the Liver Yang and detoxifies. With Bo He, for Wind-Heat patterns with fever, chills, headache, dizziness, sore eyes and sore throat and Liver Qi Stagnation turning to Liver Fire Flaring upward with blurred vision, dizziness, headache and red, swollen eyes.
Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	6g	Clears Heat, especially in the Upper Jiao, relieves toxicity, reduces abscesses and dissipates clumps. With Jin Yin Hua, for initial stage Wind-Heat.
Rx. Trichosanthis	Tian Hua Fen	6g	Clears and drains Lung Heat, Drains Heat, Expels pus, Generates Fluids, Moistens Lung Dryness, Reduces swelling, Relieves toxicity, Transforms Phlegm.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao	6g	Alleviates pain, Calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind, Nourishes Blood, Softens the Liver.
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	6g	Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire, detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang. With Zhi Mu, for acute and chronic Lung Heat cough.
Hb. Menthae Haplocalycis	Bo He	6g	Disperses Wind-Heat, cools and clears the head and eyes, benefits the throat, relieves Stagnation of Liver Qi and expels turbid filth.
Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	3g	Clears Heat, drains Fire from the Lung and Stomach, nourishes Yin and moistens Dryness. With Huang Qin, for cough with Excess Lung Heat.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat
• Drains Fire
• Invigorates Blood
• Detoxifies
• Reduces abscesses
• Expel pus
• Reduces swelling

Syndromes

• Toxic Heat with Blood Stasis

Clinical Manifestations

Epistaxis, usually a small amount of Blood (initial stage) Nasal obstruction (early stage) Tumor in the nose Tinnitus Deafness Masses of the neck Vernet's syndrome Platoplegia Asymmetry of the palate Disappearance of the mouth opening Migraines Dysphagia Choking sensation while drinking Hoarseness Exophthalmos

Blindness Usually asymptomatic at the early stage The tumor may appear as a cauliflower-like nodule or ulceration on the nasopharynx or as membrane erosion of abnormal color If the tumor infiltrates to the submucosal layer, the surface of the membrane will be smooth and the nasopharynx will be depressed Cranial nerve involvement is reflected by: Paralysis of the eyeball Facial hypothesia or hypoalgesia Difficulty opening the mouth Inclination of the tongue when it protrudes Aphasia Paralysis of the soft palate Disappearance of the gullet response

Treats

Nasopharyngeal cancer

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

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