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Gui Ya Dai Su San龟鸭玳酥散

Powder of Tortoise Plastron, Brucea, Eretmochelydis and Sargassum

Also known asPowder of Tortois Plastron, Brucea, Eretmochelydis and Sargassum

Medicinals
5

Composition

  • Dai MaoCarapax Eretmochelydis15 g

    Sedates the Heart, quiets the Spirit, calms the Liver, calms and anchors Liver Yang, extinguishes Wind, settles convulsions, stops spasms, clears Heat and resolves toxicity*.*

  • Hai ZaoSargassum15 g

    Reduces Phlegm and softens areas of hardness and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

  • Gui BanPlastrum Testudinis15 g

    Nourishes Yin, anchors *Yang, nourishes the Blood, enriches Yin,* tonifies the Heart and treats non-healing sores and ulcerations**

  • Ya Dan ZiFr. Bruceae7.5 g

    Cools Heat, resolves toxicity, expels Dampness, cools the Blood, softens hardness and treats cancer caused by Toxic Heat.

  • Chan SuVenenum Bufonis0.6 g

    Relieves toxicity, reduces swellings, alleviates pain, opens the Orifices, awakens consciousness, tonifies the Heart, attacks toxins, reduces swellings, resists cancer and stops panic.

Actions

  • Shrinks tumors
  • Loosens and softens hardened masses
  • Activates the Blood
  • Disperses Stasis
  • Eliminates Heat
  • Counteracts toxicity
  • Settles the Shen
  • Suppresses the proliferation of cancer cells

Patterns treated

The pattern of Toxic Heat

Manifestations

  • A dislike of Heat
  • Coughing
  • Asthmatic breathing
  • Redness, swelling, and pain localized to the area
  • Possibly accompanied by fever and chills
Tongue body
Within normal limits
Coating
Thin, and either white or yellow
Pulse
Rapid in rate and forceful

Indications

Cancer of the lung

Notes

Dry-roast every ingredient other than Chan Su in a clay pot until it turns yellow, then mix in 0.6g of Chan Su and grind the mixture into a fine powder; the dose is 0.6 grams, taken twice daily.