HERB FORMULAS

STOMACH CANCER #45

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 6g Drains Damp-Heat, drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
With Mu Xiang, for abdominal pain.
Pollen Typhae Pu Huang 10g Stops bleeding by astringing, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Faeces Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi 10g Invigorates the Blood, transforms Stasis, stops bleeding and alleviates pain.
With Pu Huang, for abdominal pain.
Dry-fried Fr. Crataegi Chao Shan Zha 10g Reduces Food Stagnation, promotes digestion, harmonizes the Stomach and moves Qi for obstruction of the Spleen/Stomach coupled with overeating.
With Jian Qu, for general indigestion and Food Stagnation.
With Chao Mai Ya and Jian Qu. for abdominal distention, belching, diarrhea and anorexia due to Food Stagnation.
Unfermented Massa Medicata Jian Qu 10g Regulates Qi, transforms Dampness, and abates and transforms congestion.
Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo 9g Invigorates the Blood, circulates Qi and stops pain.
Dry-fried Fr. Hordei Germinatus Chao Mai Ya 10g Reduces Food Stagnation, improves digestion and strengthens the Stomach.
With Jian Qu, for for indigestion due to Food Stagnation.
Per Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 10g Regulates Qi, descends Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 9g Promotes the movement of Qi and alleviates pain.
Fr. Aurantii Immaturus Zhi Shi 10g Breaks up Stagnant Qi, reduces accumulation, descends Qi, unblocks the bowels, removes Stagnant Food, transforms Phlegm, reduces distention and resolves hardenings.
With Chao Mai Yan, Jian Qu and Chao Shan Zha, for focal distention, swelling and pain along with foul-smelling belching associated with Food Stagnation and Qi Obstruction.
With Chen Pi, strengthens the Middle Jiao.
Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi 10g Dredges Liver Qi, releases Stagnation, conducts Heat out from below and stops pain.
With Yan Hu Suo, for intermittent epigastric and hypochondriac pain, with irritability due to Liver Stagnation with Heat.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 10g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, cools the Blood and reduces abscesses.
Sm. Persicae Tao Ren 9g Breaks up Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation and drains abscesses.
Concha Ostreae Mu Li 10g Softens hardness and dissipates nodules.
Sargassum Hai Zao 15g Reduces Phlegm and softens areas of hardness.
Thallus Eckloniae Kun Bu 15g Resolves Phlegm and softens Phlegm nodules.
With Hai Zao, for scrofula, goiter and other nodules.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Breaks up Stasis
  • Stops bleeding
  • Clears Heat
  • Relieves toxicity
  • Relieves Food Stagnation
  • Dispels Phlegm
  • Dries Dampness

SYNDROMES

  • Blood in the Stomach with Phlegm Accumulation, pain and bleeding

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Sharp, stabbing epigastric pain with fixed location
  • Epigastric or abdominal pain and distention
  • The pain may start intermittently but becomes more constant
  • Pain is severe after eating
  • The pain may radiate to the back
  • Dislike of pressure and Heat on the epigastrium
  • Pain predominates over distention or
  • Pain but no distention
  • Dysphagia
  • Epigastric rumbling
  • May be abdominal or epigastric lumps or masses
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting purple/black blood or "coffee grounds"
  • Indeterminate gnawing hunger
  • Anorexia
  • Weight loss
  • Weakness
  • Dry stools with blood like tar (melaena)
  • Dry stools with blood like tar (melaena)
  • Hemafecia with dark, purple Blood or mixed dark and fresh Blood
  • Constipation
  • Dry, rough skin
  • Darkish, purplish or a blotchy complexion, lips and conjunctiva
  • Dark rings around the eyes
  • Spider naevi on the cheeks, epigastrium, trunk and around the inner ankle and knee
  • Maybe hemorrhoids
  • Maybe irregular menstruation with dark, purple, clotted Blood
  • With significant Deficiency from chronic Blood loss:
    A pale or sallow complexion
    Dizziness
  • T: Dark purple with purple spots or dots and dark, distended sublingual veins
  • C: White or Grayish white or Yellow
  • P: Wiry and choppy or Wiry or Choppy or Thready and choppy or Deep and thready

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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MODIFICATIONS