3 Chinese herbal remedies for pain in patients with advanced liver cancer

Liver cancer patients are prone to pain in the late stages, which can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine remedies, which can be taken after consulting a doctor.

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Ingredients: 20g Bupleurum, 15g Curcuma, 15g Atractylodes, 10g Rhubarb, 30g Turtle Shell (pre-boiled), 30g Panic Squash (pre-boiled), 15g Chicken Gizzard Stone, 6g Leech, 30g Lobelia, 12g Citrus aurantium, 20g Astragalus, 10g Raw Sun-dried Ginseng, 6g Drynaria, 15g Scutellaria; 50g Oldenlandia Diffusa.

Preparation and usage: Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

Indications: Advanced liver cancer, pain in the liver area, abdominal distension, poor appetite, fatigue and insomnia, ascites, dry and hard stools, short and yellow urine, pale tongue, and thready and stringy pulse.

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Ingredients: 15 grams of red ochre; 15 grams of dried ginger, 15 grams of ginseng (stewed separately), 30 grams of white peony root, 30 grams of calcined oyster, and 6 grams of licorice.

Preparation and usage: Decoction in water, 1 to 2 doses per day.

Indications: Patients with unbearable pain in the late stage of cancer and weak constitution. It can reduce the dosage of pethidine and has a better effect of relieving pain and stabilizing emotions.

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Ingredients: 100 grams of bezoar, 200 grams of buffalo horn concentrated powder, 25 grams of musk, 50 grams of pearl, 100 grams of cinnabar, 100 grams of realgar, 100 grams of coptis chinensis, 100 grams of scutellaria baicalensis, 100 grams of gardenia, 100 grams of curcuma, and 25 grams of borneol.

Preparation and Usage: For the above 11 ingredients, pearls are ground or pulverized into very fine powders, cinnabar and realgar are ground into very fine powders respectively; coptis root, scutellaria root, gardenia and curcuma are pulverized into fine powders; bezoar, concentrated powder of buffalo horn, musk and borneol are finely ground, mixed with the above powders, sieved, mixed, and added with appropriate amount of refined honey to make 600 large honey pills, or wrap them with gold coating. Take 1 pill per day, twice a day.

Indications: It can effectively treat fever and jaundice in patients with advanced liver cancer, regulate qi and soothe the liver, relieve pain and soothe the mind. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, calming the nerves and opening the mind.