Treatment of complications in patients with pancreatic cancer

When patients are treated for pancreatic cancer, complications often occur, the most common of which are pain and jaundice. In advanced pancreatic cancer patients, ascites may also occur. Treatments for these complications include:

1. Pain

① Toad venom paste: Toad venom, raw Chuanwu, seven-leaf aconite, safflower, zedoaria, borneol. The medicine is made into a cloth adhesive plaster and applied to the painful area. Toad venom, raw Chuanwu, and seven-leaf aconite can clear away heat and detoxify, soften hard masses, reduce swelling and relieve pain, while safflower and zedoaria can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. The fragrance of borneol is used as a guide to make the medicine penetrate into the blood vessels of the lesion, improve the microcirculation of tumor tissue, dissolve and destroy the fibroid self-aggregation around and inside the tumor tissue, relieve the stimulation and compression of the tumor tissue on the nerves, and relieve the pain.

②Xu Changqing: Use 3-9g of Xu Changqing each time, decoct it into a soup and drink it instead of tea. You can also use 2-4ml of 100% Xu Changqing injection for intramuscular injection.

2. Jaundice

① Huyin Jinqu Decoction: Polygonum cuspidatum, Artemisia capillaris, Centella asiatica, Shenqu, jujube, and hawthorn, decoct in 200ml of water, add appropriate amount of sugar, and take twice a day. Polygonum cuspidatum, Artemisia capillaris, Centella asiatica clear away heat, dampness, and jaundice; Shenqu and hawthorn promote digestion and promote bile secretion; jujube strengthens the spleen and strengthens the body.

② Huoxuetongluo Decoction: Danshen, Artemisia capillaris, peach kernel, safflower, turmeric, pangolin, knotweed, and soapberry. For those who dislike greasy food, add hawthorn, for those with severe jaundice, add horsetail and selfheal, for itchy skin, add white tribulus and gentian. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

In this prescription, Artemisia capillaris, Polygonum cuspidatum, and Curcuma aromatica can clear away heat, promote bile secretion, and reduce jaundice, while Salvia miltiorrhiza, Peach kernel, and Safflower can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, while Pangolin and Gleditsia sinensis can dredge the meridians. The whole prescription can clear away heat and dampness, remove blood stasis and dredge the meridians, which can not only eliminate jaundice, but also relieve pain and relieve symptoms.

3. Ascites

Lianling Tingli Decoction: Scutellaria barbata, Scutellaria baicalensis, Poria cocos, Polyporus umbellatus, Tinglizi, Phytolacca strychnifolia, jujube, Scrophularia ningpoensis, decocted in water, 1 dose per day. In this recipe, Scutellaria barbata and Scutellaria barbata clear away heat, detoxify and eliminate dampness, Poria cocos and Polyporus umbellatus penetrate and promote diuresis, Tinglizi drains the lungs and promotes diuresis, Phytolacca strychnifolia breaks up accumulation and eliminates water, jujube strengthens the spleen and strengthens the body, and Scrophularia ningpoensis nourishes the kidney and replenishes yin, aiming to replenish deficiency and prevent deviation.