HERB FORMULAS

SHI GUAN AI YI HAO FANG - 食管癌一号方 - FORMULA NUMBER ONE FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

English: Formula Number One 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 and reduces swelling.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 9g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, soothes irritability, cools the Blood and reduces abscesses.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 9g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood,disperses Cold, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain.
With Chen Pi and Zhi Ban Xia, for Lung and Kidney Yin Deficiency with overflowing water turning to Phlegm, with cough, wheezing and nausea marked by profuse and salty sputum.
With Jin Yin Hua, reduces obstruction and toxicity for swollen, painful sores and necrosis of surrounding tissue.
Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke 9g Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure and resolves hardenings.
Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi 12g Strongly descends rebellious Qi.
Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po 9g 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.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 6g Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, descends Qi, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Zhi Ke and Mu Xiang, for abdominal distention, fullness and pain due to Spleen and Stomach Qi Stagnation.
With Zhi Ban Xia, for a stifling sensation in the chest and cough with excessive white, viscous sputum due to Phlegm-Damp Obstruction.
With Sha Ren, for belching, nausea, and a stifling sensation in the epigastrium due to Disharmony of the Stomach Qi.
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.
Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou 3g Promotes the movement of Qi, aromatically transforms Dampness, strengthens the Stomach, warms the Middle Jiao, descends Qi and stops vomiting.
With Sha Ren, for fullness and a stifling sensation in the chest, epigastric pain, fullness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia and a thick tongue coat due to Qi Obstruction from Cold-Dampness.
With Chen Pi, for fullness and discomfort in the chest and abdomen, belching, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiencies with turbid Dampness Accumulation.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 6g Promotes the movement of Qi and alleviates pain.
With Sha Ren, for distention, epigastric and abdominal pain, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, or tenesmus due to Qi Obstruction and/or Food Stagnation.
Fr. Oryzae Germinatus Gu Ya 9g Reduces Food Stagnation, promotes digestion, strengthens and opens the Stomach and harmonizes the Center.
With Chen Pi and Sha Ren, for reduced appetite and distention of the chest and abdomen due to Food Stagnation.
With Chen Pi, Gan cao and Sha Ren, for poor digestion due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiencies
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 20g Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxicity.
With Gan Cao, for toxic swellings and sores.
Fr. Amomi Sha Ren 6g Promotes the movement of Qi, aromatically transforms Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Regulates Qi
  • Invigorates the blood
  • Dispels Stasis
  • Resolves Phlegm
  • Dries Dampness
  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves toxicity

SYNDROMES

  • Esophageal cancer with chest distention due to Rebellious Qi

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Progressive dysphagia
  • Vomiting after eating
  • Epigastric distention and vague pain
  • Belching
  • Chest distention
  • Salivation
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • A hard, palpable lump in the epigastrium
  • Facial color dark and dull or pale
  • Emaciation
  • Sides and ribs distended on both sides (maybe with sharp pain)
  • Enlargement of the Liver and Spleen
  • Suffocating sensation in chest
  • Tendency to sigh
  • Vomit that looks like bean juice
  • Melancholy
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Black stool
  • Inappropriate anger
  • Mental fatigue
  • Irregular menses
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Breast distention and pain before and during menses
  • T: Dark purple (maybe purple spots on edge of tongue) or Red
  • C: Normal or Greasy
  • P: Wiry, choppy and slow or Small and choppy or Thready and rapid or Thready and taut

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For chest pain: For constipation:
+ 15g Hb Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying + 9g Natrii Sulfas Mang Xiao
+ 15g Rx. Sophorae Tonkinensis Shan Dou Gen + 15g Hb. Cistanches Rou Cong Rong
+ 20g Concha Ostreae Mu Li
+ 10g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou    
+ 12g Bul. Allii Xie Bai