Special Chinese medicine treatment for colorectal cancer patients

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that colorectal cancer is mostly caused by worry, anger, improper diet, chronic diarrhea, and damp heat accumulating in the intestines. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of colorectal cancer focuses on clearing away heat and detoxification, nourishing the body and clearing the intestines.

Fang Yi

Prescription: 10 grams each of angelica, cooked rehmannia, and dried rehmannia, 7 grams each of sesame seed, peach kernel, apricot kernel, bitter orange peel, Magnolia officinalis, and Scutellaria baicalensis, 3 grams of rhubarb, and 4 grams of licorice.

Usage: decoct in water and take in two doses.

Efficacy: Lubricates the intestines and promotes bowel movements, stops bleeding.

Fang Er

Prescription: 9 grams each of Angelica sinensis, Peony Root, Chuanxiong, Ginseng, and Atractylodes macrocephala, 12 grams of Poria cocos, and 10 grams of cinnamon twig.

Usage: decoct in water to extract juice, take in 2 doses, 1 dose per day.

Efficacy: Suitable for patients with colorectal cancer who have symptoms such as diarrhea, bloody stool, and heaviness in the lower abdomen.

Fang San

Prescription: 15 grams of Angelica sinensis, 9 grams each of Peony, Chuanxiong, and Lithospermum officinale, 4.5 grams each of Rhubarb and Honeysuckle, 6 grams each of Cimicifuga and Astragalus, 12 grams of oyster, and 3 grams of licorice.

Usage: decoct in water to extract juice, take in two doses.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and replenishes qi, moistens the intestines and replenishes deficiency.