Effect of Herbal Medicine on Bone Cancer

Bone tumors can be benign or malignant. Malignant bone tumors have a short course and poor prognosis. They mainly include osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, Ewing's sarcoma, chordoma, etc. Symptoms and signs of bone tumors mainly include anemia, fatigue, malnutrition and cachexia. Local pain and tenderness are the most common, which may appear at the same time as or before the mass. The pain is mild at first, intermittent and dull, and then becomes continuous severe pain. Bone expansion and deformation and soft tissue masses can be felt in the superficial part. The skin is dark red, tense and shiny, and the skin temperature increases. A large mass will form in a short period of time, causing functional impairment.

Fang Yi

[Main Indications] Osteosarcoma [Prescription] 30g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 9g each of antler glue (melted), white mustard, and roasted pangolin, 1.5g each of ephedra and roasted ginger, 3g each of cinnamon and licorice, 12g each of wine angelica and vinegar corydalis, and 6g of dried tangerine peel. [Usage] 1 dose per day, decocted twice in water, taken in the morning and evening. [Editor's note] This prescription can nourish the liver and kidney, nourish blood and nourish yin, warm yang and replenish marrow, remove blood stasis and dissipate cold, dry dampness and resolve phlegm, and relieve swelling and pain. It is often used clinically for those with blood stasis, phlegm and dampness that accumulate in the skin and form lumps. For example, a 14-year-old female patient was diagnosed with right iliac osteolytic sarcoma. After taking the above decoction, Xiaojindan was used, 9g each time, and taken every night with warm yellow wine. After 2 weeks of treatment, the pain was relieved and she could get up and walk slowly. After 2 months, the pain was relieved and she could walk to see a doctor. After about 2 years of treatment, she was basically cured. Continue to take the medicine intermittently to consolidate the effect. After 9 years of follow-up, the patient was in good health (see "Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine" No. 4, 1985).

Fang Er

[Main treatment] Bone tumor. [Prescription] 9g each of Trigonum multiflorum, Curcuma zedoaria, Raw Pinellia, Euphorbia sinensis, Raw Chuanwu, Phytolacca, Semen persicae, Olibanum, Myrrh, Musk 0.3g, Safflower 6g, Trichosanthes kirilowii 0.9g, Realgar 3g, Blister blister 0.3g. [Usage] Grind the above medicines into fine powder and spread on the cancer, or mix with honey and apply to the affected area, once every other day. If local itching and blistering occur after medication, the medication can be stopped for a few days. If the skin lesions are severe, the Blister blister in the prescription can be removed and replaced with 3g of Asafoetida to reduce side effects. [Editor's note] This prescription reuses highly toxic drugs for local external use, intending to attack the cancer poison with the poison of the drug, which is one of the basic principles of Chinese medicine for treating cancer. The combination of drugs that attack poison and break blood and remove blood stasis can achieve the effect of eliminating poison and blood stasis and controlling cancer (see "Anti-cancer Chinese Herbal Medicine Preparations", People's Medical Publishing House, 1981).

Fang San

[Indications] Giant cell tumor of bone. Diagnosis: deficiency of kidney essence, internal pathogenic factors, phlegm and blood stasis. [Prescription] 24g each of Astragalus, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Hedyotis diffusa, Pinellia, and Angelica sinensis, 9g each of cinnamon twig, raw frankincense, raw myrrh, Poria, and dried orange peel, 1g each of amber powder (infusion), ivory scraps (infusion), 18g of pollen, 30g of raw oyster, and 6g of licorice. [Usage] 1 dose per day, decocted in water and taken in 2 doses. If the tumor symptoms disappear, add 15g each of Psoralea corylifolia and Huai Nian Xi, 12g each of Rehmannia glutinosa and Drynaria fortunei, 24g of Cuscuta, and 3g of antler glue (melted). When the condition improves, you can use 3 times the above amount, grind it into fine powder, and make pills with refined honey. Each pill is 9g, and take it 3 times a day. [Editor's note] This prescription is an empirical prescription pioneered by Shandong Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is reported that this prescription was used to treat a case of giant cell tumor of the upper end of the right tibia and pathological fracture. After taking more than 120 doses of the medicine, the affected limb could move freely and the clinical symptoms disappeared. After 4 years of follow-up, all activities were like normal people (see "Shandong Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine" No. 5, 1987).

Fang Si

[Main Indications] Advanced femoral sarcoma. [Prescription] Angelica, Codonopsis, Sargassum, Kelp, 15g each, Curcuma, Tangerine Peel, Pinellia, 9g each, Astragalus, Honeysuckle, Forsythia, Taraxacum, 30g each, Atractylodes, Red Peony Root, 12g each, Toosendan Fructus. [Usage] 1 dose per day, decoct in water twice, take in 2 doses. [Editor's Note] This prescription can invigorate Qi, remove toxins, clear away heat and reduce swelling, and resolve phlegm and soften hard masses. This prescription was used to treat a patient with advanced femoral sarcoma. After taking the medicine for 3 months, the patient's 6×6cm ulcer healed, the enlarged inguinal lymph nodes disappeared, and he was still alive after 10 years of follow-up (see "Chinese Traditional Medicine Secret Prescriptions" (Volume 2), Wenhui Publishing House, 1989).

Fang Wu

[Indications] Sacrococcygeal chordoma. [Prescription] 12g of Chinese yam, 24g each of raw coix seed, cooked coix seed, and mistletoe, 9g each of cornus fruit, Xianling brand, red peony root, white peony root, Sichuan cyathula, and salvia miltiorrhiza. 3g of Niuhuang Xingxiao Pills (swallowed in divided doses), 12g of Liuwei Dihuang Pills (swallowed in divided doses). [Usage] 1 dose per day, decocted in water. During the period of taking this prescription, you can take Xiaojindan tablets, 9 to 12 tablets per day, divided into 3 doses. [Editor's note] This prescription is an empirical prescription of Professor Qian Bowen of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has the functions of invigorating qi, nourishing blood, tonifying the kidney, activating blood circulation and reducing swelling. It is used to treat sacrococcygeal chordoma with kidney deficiency, qi deficiency and blood deficiency, and qi and blood stagnation.