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.)

Ovarian Cancer #3

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Hb. Scutellariae Barbatae Ban Zhi Lian 50g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxins, invigorates the Blood, reduces swelling, treats various types of cancer, promotes urination, reduces edema, mildly dispels Blood Stasis and stops bleeding.
With Bai Hua She She Cao, for cancer.
Hb. Solani Nigri Long Kui 50g Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, invigorates the Blood, reduces swellings, promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
With ban Zhi Lian, for cancer.
Hb. Solani Lyrati Shu Yang Quan 30g Dispels Heat and Dampness, Dispels Phlegm, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Invigorates the Blood, Promotes urination, Regulates the circulation of Qi, Removes toxins.
Hb. Hedyotis Diffusae Bai Hua She She Cao 30g Clears Heat, strongly relieves Fire toxins, reduces abscesses, clears Heat, promotes urination and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia 30g Anchors Yang, Dissipates nodules, Inhibits the growth of cancer cells, Invigorates the Blood, Nourishes Yin, Promotes menstruation, Softens hardness.

Formula Actions

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves Fire toxins
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Reduces abscesses
  • Promotes urination
  • Regulates the circulation of Qi
  • Promotes menstruation
  • Softens hardness
  • Dissipates nodules
  • Inhibits the growth of cancer cells

Syndromes

  • Toxic Damp-Heat with Blood Stagnation

Clinical Manifestations

  • Pain and fullness in ribs on both sides
  • Maybe pain in the right hypochondrium
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • 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
  • Dislike of oily foods
  • Lassitude
  • Diarrhea with foul smell or
  • Constipation
  • Maybe thirst or thirst with no desire to drink
  • Fever
  • Sweet sticky taste or bitter taste in mouth
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell
  • Pruritis vulvae
  • Pain that is fixed, stabbing and /or severe
  • Pan is worse with pressure
  • Dark complexion
  • Fixed, palpable masses
  • Bleeding with clots
  • Purple lips
  • Purple nails
  • Dry skin
  • Blue, dark or purplish discoloration of skin in small or large areas
  • Varicose and spider veins
  • Cold hands and feet
  • Tendency to hemorrhage dark blood or clots
  • T: Pink or Reddish purple with possible purple or red spots
  • C: Yellow and greasy or sticky
  • P: Choppy or Wiry and choppy or Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid

Treats

  • Ovarian cancer

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Notes

Modifications

With abdominal pain: With abdominal distention:
+ 6g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang + 9g Per. Arecae Da Fu Pi
+ 9g Rx. Polygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu + 9g Cx. Magnoliae Hou Po
+ 9g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
+ 9g Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo With ascites:
+ 12g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ 12g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.