Esophageal Cancer #18
- Medicinals
- 6
Composition
Promotes the movement of Qi in the Middle Jiao, resolves Stagnation, descends Rebellious Qi, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm dries Dampness, descends Qi and
transforms Phlegm.
for a stifling sensation in the chest and cough with excessive white, viscous sputum due to Phlegm-Damp Obstruction.Cools the Blood, cools the Liver and stops bleeding.
Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, descends Rebellious *Qi, dissipates nodules, reduces Stagnation, treats sores, skin ulcerations and carbuncles and reduces swelling.*
Resolves Dampness, promotes healing, moves Blood, controls acidity and alleviates pain.
Dries Dampness, expels Phlegm and relieves toxicity.
Actions
- Dampness is dried
- Transformation of Phlegm
- Encourages Qi to circulate
- Resolution of Stagnation
- Sends Rebellious Qi downward
Patterns treated
Phlegm blocking the Stomach, attended by Qi Stagnation
Manifestations
- Swallowing that grows steadily more difficult
- Vomits once a meal has been eaten
- Distention and fullness of the epigastrium and abdomen occurring often and aggravated by eating
- Food only partly digested is brought up roughly twelve hours after a meal
- The abdominal discomfort eases once vomiting occurs
- Frothy mucus, either thick or thin, may appear in the vomitus
- Abundant saliva
- Possibly masses in the epigastrium and/or a splashing sound when palpated
- A stuffy sensation in the chest
- Weakness throughout the body
- Regurgitation of acid
- Queasiness
- Tongue body
- Either normal, or bluish and dark red
- Coating
- Whitish, or white with a greasy quality, or greasy and yellow, or else yellow and curdy
- Pulse
- Slippery, or wiry, or wiry together with large, or wiry together with slippery, or else weak
Indications
Cancer of the esophagus