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Formula #3
Name of Formula: xiao chai hu tang (source: Sheng Han Lun)
Application: For liver qi stagnation. It is also used to prevent cancer of the liver.
Prescription:
chai hu 5 qian, huang qin 3 qian,
dang shen 3 qian, ban xia 3 qian, zhi gan cao 2 qian,
sheng jiang 3 qian, da zao 3 pieces slit open
Boil with water. Take as tea.
Note: qian = 3.75 grams (old measurement)
This formula has been used in certain cancer therapy, including in APL. When you prescribe this, make sure your patients are not allergic toban xia or chai hu and monitor your patients closely.
Note: “sho saiko to” is Japanese pronunciation of xiao chai hu tang (小柴胡湯) in pinyin Chinese.
In Chinese:
小柴胡湯有助預防肝硬化轉變成肝癌,
並提高存活率。
方名: 小柴胡湯
組成:
柴胡 五錢﹐黃芩 三錢﹐黨參 三錢﹐半夏 三錢﹐炙甘草 二錢﹐生薑 12克﹐大棗三枚劈開。
加水三碗﹐煎八分。溫服。
註﹕一錢 = 3.75 克 (舊制)
據病情虛﹐實﹐寒﹐熱的不同,分別擇用補氣養血﹐清肝健脾﹐逐水清熱﹐利濕行氣﹐活血消瘀的中藥。
可選用:大黃螯蟲丸﹐鱉甲煎丸﹐茵陳蒿湯。
配合丹 參﹐桃仁﹐木通﹐三稜﹐鬱金﹐生地黃﹐阿 膠 等中藥辨證論治,對於改善肝硬化﹐減少腹水有一定的幫助。
定時作抽血﹐超音波檢查。
注意﹕不可用關木通﹐因為關木通有毒。可致腎臟衰竭。
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Folk medicine:
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) includes diagnostics, formula composition study and pharmacology, and tailoring the use of herbs to the individual patient. Folk medicine, on the other hand, is a compilation of formulae used by the general public to treat certain conditions without reference to a complete system of medicine.
Selections of formulas:
Formula #1 (Folk medicine)
Chicken soup with American ginseng and Cordyceps Sinensis
Prescription
American ginseng 12 g, dong chong xia cao (Cordyceps Sinensis)10 g, fresh free range chicken 3 ~4 lbs (1.5 to 2 kg), ginger 3 slices, green onions 3 stems, water 1500 cc to 2000 cc.
Wash all ingredients. Put into a double boiler. Simmer with low heat so that the protein can be digested with the help of the enzyme from the fresh chicken. Simmer for about 8 hours.
Make into 2 servings. Use 2 prescriptions per week.
西洋參12克﹐ 冬蟲 夏草 10克﹐新鮮農家雞一公斤半至二公斤﹐
生薑三片﹐蔥三條﹐水1500cc ~ 2000 cc﹐放入燉盅。隔水慢火燉若八小時。
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Formula #2
Sclerosis of Liver (Folk medicine)
Live pond loaches 2 kg.
Put live pond loaches in clear water for one day to let them secrete all the waste.
Bake the pond loaches till dry. Grind into powder. Take 10 g each time, with warm boiled drinking water. Use three times a day. 15 days is a treatment cycle.
Four cycles is considered maximum.
肝硬化 民間療法
處方﹕
將活 泥 鳅 二公斤﹐放在清水中﹐養之一天﹐使它們排乾淨腸內廢物。隔日把泥鰍放入爐內烘乾﹐
研末。裝入瓶內。每日服3次。
每次10 克。用溫開水送服。15天為一療程。最長服四個療程。
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Formula #3 (Folk medicine)
Click here to see : Live Pond Loach Formula
Click here to see qigong for therapy
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Electric acupuncture in conjunction with herb treatment showed that it helped to improvement platelet count dramatically compared to just using herb therapy only.
看中文﹕電針治肝硬化對血小板的影響