Nasopharyngeal Cancer #14
- Medicinals
- 6
Composition
Clears Heat, relieves irritability and generates Body Fluids.
Disperses Wind and Dampness and opens nasal passages.
Drains Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, reduces swelling and inflammation and stops pain.
Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, invigorates the Blood and reduces swellings.
Clears and drains Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm, moistens Lung Dryness, relieves toxicity, expels pus and reduces swelling.
- Ye Qiao Mai GenRz. Fagopyrum Cymosum250 g
A decoction of the roots is used in the treatment of insect bites, dysmenorrhea, inflammation, lumbago, snakebite and traumatic injuries.
Actions
- Scatters Wind and Dampness
- Unblocks the nostrils
- Clears Heat
- Alleviates Fire toxin
- Diminishes swelling and inflammation
- Halts pain
- Moves the Blood
Patterns treated
Toxic Heat combined with Blood Stagnation
Manifestations
- Nosebleeds, generally involving only a slight amount of Blood (early phase)
- Blocked nasal passages (initial phase)
- A growth located in the nasal cavity
- Ringing in the ears
- Loss of hearing
- Lumps in the neck region
- Signs of Vernet's syndrome
- Paralysis of the palate
- An uneven, lopsided palate
- The capacity to open the mouth disappears
- Migraine-type headaches
- Difficulty swallowing
- Sensation of choking when swallowing fluids
- A rough, raspy voice
- Bulging of the eyeball
- Loss of vision
- Typically produces no symptoms in its initial phase
- The growth can present on the nasopharynx as a cauliflower-shaped nodule, as an ulcer, or as discolored erosion of the mucous membrane
- When the growth spreads into the layer beneath the mucosa, the membrane's surface stays smooth while the nasopharynx becomes sunken
- Cranial nerve involvement can show as loss of eyeball movement, reduced facial sensation or pain perception, trouble opening the mouth, tongue deviation on protrusion, loss of speech, paralysis affecting the soft palate, and absence of the gag reflex
Indications
Cancer of the nasopharynx