HERB FORMULAS

STOMACH CANCER #32

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Glehniae Bei Sha Shen 30g Nourishes Stomach Yin and generates fluids.
Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 9g Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach Yin.
With Bai Zhu and Fu Ling, for Spleen Deficiency with loose watery stools.
With Shen Qu and Ji Nei Jin, for a weak Spleen and Stomach with Food Stagnation.
With Yu Zhu and Shi Hu, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency with Stomach Yin Deficiency.
Poria Fu Ling 9g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, cools the Blood and reduces abscesses.
Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu 9g Nourishes Stomach and Lung Yin.
Rz. Polygonati Odorati Yu Zhu 9g Nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Stomach and generates fluids.
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin 12g Strongly reduces Food Stagnation, improves the Spleen’s transportive function, transforms hardness and dissolves stones.
With Bai Zhu, increases appetite.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 9g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, moistens the Intestines, unblocks the bowels, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain.
Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu 9g Reduces Food Stagnation, promotes digestion, harmonizes the Stomach and moves Qi.
With Bai Zhu, for Food Stagnation and diarrhea due to Spleen Deficiency.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 9g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
With Fu Ling and Gan Cao, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Stomach Yin
  • Strengthens the Spleen and Stomach
  • Reduces Food Stagnation
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Breaks up Blood Stasis
  • Alleviates pain

SYNDROMES

  • Stomach cancer due to Stomach Yin Deficiency with dysphoria, fever and intense thirst.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Incessant, dull pain with a cutting sensation in the Stomach
  • A vague, dull , burning epigastric pain, worse when the Stomach is empty and may improve with pressure
  • The pain is worse at night
  • The patient may wake with pain in the early hours of the morning
  • Discomfort in the upper abdomen
  • Anorexia or
  • Indeterminate, gnawing hunger with no desire to eat
  • May desire Cold, bland foods or a liquid diet
  • Mild nausea, worse in the morning when hungry
  • Maybe dry retching or
  • Hiccups
  • Vomiting
  • Hematemesis (fresh Blood)
  • Weight loss
  • Dry skin, hair and mucus membranes
  • Melaena
  • Edema
  • Ascites
  • Anemia
  • Dysphoria
  • Fever
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Abdominal tumor
  • The tumor is firm and irregular
  • A wan, sallow complexion
  • No appetite or
  • Famished but with no desire to eat
  • Abdominal distention after meals
  • Dry throat, mouth, mucus membranes and skin
  • Intense thirst with a desire for cool drinks
  • Dry, tarry or pellet-like stools
  • Constipation
  • Irritability with low grade fever
  • Malar flush
  • Nightsweats
  • Five-sole Heat
  • With Kidney Yin Deficiency
    Dizziness
    Tinnitus
    Low back pain
    Weak and painful knees
  • T: Red with a peeled center or Red and dry or Shiny and dry or Dry and cracked
  • C: Little and dry
  • P: Thready and rapid or Thready and wiry

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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