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Rectal Cancer #3

Medicinals
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Composition

  • Ban Zhi LianHb. Scutellariae Barbatae30 g

    Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxins, invigorates the Blood, reduces swellings and treats various types of cancer and hepatitis.

  • Bai Hua She She CaoHb. Hedyotis Diffusae30 g

    Clears Heat, strongly relieves Fire toxins, reduces abscesses and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

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  • Hong TengCaulis Sargentodoxae15 g

    Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, reduces abscesses, stops pain, invigorates the Blood, disperses Stasis and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

  • Mu Tou HuiHb. Patriniae Heterophyllae12 g

    Clears Heat, dries Dampness and stops bleeding.

  • Yi Yi RenSm. Coicis12 g

    Strengthens the Spleen, resolves Dampness, clears Heat, expels pus, clears Damp-Heat and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

  • Jin Yin HuaFlos Lonicerae12 g

    Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

  • Bai Tou WengRx. Pulsatillae12 g

    Clears Heat, alleviates dysentery, cools the Blood and resolves Fire toxicity.

  • Ci Wei PiCorium Erinacei9 g

    Removes Wind, disperses Cold, promotes the movement of Qi and controls pain.

  • Ku ShenRx. Sophorae Flavescentis9 g

    Clears Heat, dries Dampness, disperses Wind, stops itching and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

  • Wang Bu Liu XingSm. Vaccariae9 g

    Promotes the movement of Blood, invigorates the channels, reduces swelling and drains abscesses.

  • Wa Leng ZiConcha Arcae9 g

    Invigorates the Blood, dissolves Phlegm, resolves Stagnation, softens hardness, dissipates nodules and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

Actions

  • Dissipates Heat
  • Neutralizes toxicity
  • Removes Dampness
  • Vitalizes the Blood
  • Breaks up Blood Stagnation
  • Diminishes swelling
  • Restrains cancer cell proliferation

Patterns treated

Toxic Damp-Heat combined with Blood Stagnation

Manifestations

  • Loss of appetite
  • A queasy stomach
  • Throwing up
  • Losing weight
  • Black, tarry stools
  • A localized area of fullness in the epigastrium
  • A sensation of fullness and tightness, with little or no pain
  • Retching without vomiting
  • Rumbling bowel sounds
  • Loose, watery stools
  • Swelling from fluid retention
  • Fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity
  • Low blood count
  • Redness confined to the area
  • Painful swelling
  • Possibly with fever and chills
  • An enlarged liver
  • A mass in the abdomen
  • The mass feels firm and irregularly shaped
  • Fullness felt just below the Heart
  • A burning sensation in the chest
  • A sense of resistance beneath the Heart
  • A soft upper abdomen
  • Accumulation of abdominal fluid
Tongue body
The tongue is normal, or shows a red tip
Coating
The coating is thin, yellow and greasy
Pulse
The pulse is wiry and rapid, or wiry, tight and rapid

Indications

Cancer of the rectum

Notes

Prepare as a decoction and take once a day.