A folk remedy for lung cancer that nourishes yin and clears the lungs

Lung cancer treatment often requires auxiliary treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. Some patients need methods with the effects of nourishing yin and clearing heat, resolving phlegm and softening hard masses, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The composition and usage of the folk remedies with such effects are as follows. Patients can take them under the guidance of a doctor according to their own conditions.

Ingredients: 12g of raw rehmannia, 6g of schisandra, 12g each of fenugreek, northern adenophora, and ophiopogon, 30g each of dandelion and lithospermum, 9g of stemon, 30g each of cynanchum and rehmannia root, 12g of adenophora, 30g each of angelica sinensis, wild chrysanthemum, yam, oldenlandia diffusa, and calcined oyster shell, 15g of selfheal, 12g each of seaweed and kelp, 15g of yuanshen, 12g of radix trichosanthis, 9g of cirrhosa, 12g each of salvia miltiorrhiza, roasted pangolin, and roasted turtle shell, 9g of elephant shell, 30g of shuyangquan, 9g of moutan bark, 30g each of houttuynia and viola yedoensis.

Usage: Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, twice a day.

Function: Nourishing yin and clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and softening hard masses, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

Explanation of the prescription: The raw rehmannia, northern adenophora, ophiopogon, southern adenophora, Yuanshen, Radix Trichosanthis, and roasted turtle shell in the prescription nourish yin, produce body fluid, and moisten the lungs; Fritillaria cirrhosa, elephant shell, Schisandra chinensis, Stemona bulb, and Houttuynia cordata relieve cough and asthma; Herba Prunellae, Sargassum, Kelp, and calcined oysters soften hard masses and resolve phlegm; Ophiopogon japonicus, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Cortex Moutan, and roasted pangolins promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; Taraxacum mongolicum, Lithospermum officinale, Chrysanthemum indica, Cynanchum chinense, Cortex Lycii, Hedyotis diffusa, Shuyangquan, and Viola yedoensis clear away heat and detoxify, so it has a certain effect on stabilizing the lesions and prolonging the survival of lung cancer.

Add or subtract: for cough with sticky sputum, add Aster tataricus, Coltsfoot Flos, Loquat Leaf, and Bamboo Sap; for sputum with blood, add Agrimoniae, Bletilla striata, Pollen Typhae, Radix Sanguisorbae, Root of Lithospermum Officinale, and Panax Notoginseng; for fluctuating low fever, add Radix Isatidis, Caulis Scutellariae, Herba Patriniae, Flos Lonicerae, and Fructus Forsythiae; for chest and flank pain, add Trichosanthes kirilowii, Curcuma aromatica, Toosendan Fructus, Rhizoma Corydalis, Paeonia lactiflora, and Rhizoma Persicae; for soreness in limb joints, add Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Stephaniae Stephaniae, Radix Viscum Alatae, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, scorpion, earthworm, and centipede; for qi deficiency, add Radix Pseudostellariae and Radix Astragali.