HERB FORMULAS

SHI GUAN AI WU HAO FANG - 食管癌五号方 - FORMULA NUMBER FIVE FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

English: Formula Number Five for Esophageal Cancer
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Indigo Naturalis Qing Dai 6g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood, disperses Stagnation, reduces swelling, clears Liver Fire, and drains Lung Heat.
Rx. Adenophorae Nan Sha Shen 15g Nourishes Yin, moistens the Lungs, dispels Phlegm and stops cough.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, soothes irritability, cools the Blood and reduces abscesses.
Poria Fu Ling 15g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
With Zhi Ban Xia,expels Phlegm and stops nausea and vomiting, hiccups, coughs with clear, profuse Phlegm and loose and watery stools.
Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi 15g Calms the Liver, anchors Floating Yang, clears Liver Fire and strongly descends rebellious Qi.
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 30g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity and Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao.
With Gan Cao, for toxic swellings and sores.
Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu 12g Nourishes Yin, clears Heat, generates fluids and nourishes Stomach and Lung Yin.
Fol. Eriobotryae Pi Pa Ye 12g Transforms Phlegm, clears Lung Heat and descends Lung Qi.
With Ban Xia, for cough and wheezing.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 9g Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, descends Rebellious Qi, dissipates nodules, reduces Stagnation, treats sores, skin ulcerations and carbuncles and reduces swelling.
With Hou Po , for Phlegm-Dampness with Qi Stagnation to open Phlegm and Qi Obstruction with a sensation of fullness in the chest with coughing and wheezing, nausea, vomiting and a sensation of distention in the hypochondrium.
Sm. Alpiniae Katsumadai Cao Dou Kou 6g Dries Dampness, warms the Middle Jiao, stops vomiting and strengthens the Spleen.
With Hou Po, for Cold-Dampness in the Middle Jiao when Dampness predominates.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for Cold Phlegm affecting the chest and diaphragm with vomiting.
Fr. Oryzae Germinatus Gu Ya 12g Reduces Food Stagnation, promotes digestion, strengthens and opens the Stomach, harmonizes the Center, strengthens the Spleen and encourages appetite.
Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke 6g Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure and resolves hardenings.
Sm. Raphani Lai Fu Zi 12g Reduces Food Stagnation, transforms accumulation, promotes digestion,eliminates distention, Descends Qi and
reduces Phlegm.
With Zhi Ke, for distention, belching, and anorexia due to Food Stagnation.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for Damp-Phlegm induced cough and wheezing.
with Bai Zhu, for Food Stagnation with Spleen Deficiency.
Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po 12g Promotes the movement of Qi in the Middle Jiao, resolves Stagnation, descends Qi, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Zhi Ke, for abdominal distention due to Qi and Food Stagnation.
with Zhi Ban Xia and Fu Ling, for Phlegm Obstructing the Qi, leading to coughing, vomiting or a sense of something stuck in the throat.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 6g 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 and augments Qi,
resolves Phlegm, stops cough, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves Fire toxicity
  • Cools the Blood
  • Disperses Stagnation
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Dries Dampness
  • Transforms Phlegm
  • Descends Rebellious Qi
  • Dissipates nodules
  • Tonifies the Spleen
  • Augments Qi

SYNDROMES

  • Qi and Phlegm Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Progressive dysphagia
  • Vomiting after eating
  • Poor general condition
  • Emaciation
  • Lassitude
  • Chest distention
  • Frequent epigastric and abdominal distention and fullness which is worse after eating
  • Vomiting of partially digested food about twelve hours after eating
  • Vomiting relieves the abdominal discomfort
  • The vomitus may have thick or thin frothy mucus
  • Maybe epigastric masses and/or splash on palpation
  • Copious salivation
  • Stuffiness in the chest
  • General weakness
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Nausea
  • T: Normal or Bluish and dark or Dry and rigid
  • C: Thin and white or Whitish or greasy and white or Yellow and greasy or Yellow- curdy
  • P: Slippery or Wiry or Wiry and large or Wiry and slippery or Weak or Moderate, thready and forceless

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
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