Peitu Shengjin Chuai Decoction for treating middle and late stage lung cancer

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the treatment of diseases based on syndrome differentiation and treatment. During the years of clinical treatment of lung cancer, many effective prescriptions have been summarized. Among them is the Peitu Shengjin Chuai Decoction published in the China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has achieved good results in many years of clinical application. Patients can take it after consulting a doctor.

The raw materials are: 24 grams of Prince ginseng, 9 grams each of Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos, 3 grams of roasted licorice, 24 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum, 9 grams each of Fritillaria thunbergii and Fritillaria cirrhosa, 30 grams of Panax notoginseng, 9 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum, 15 grams of Houttuynia cordata, 12 grams of Aster tataricus, 15 grams of Coltsfoot, 9 grams each of boiled Pinellia ternata and Schisandra chinensis, 15 grams each of Bletilla striata and Adenophora striata.

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

Function: nourish the earth to produce gold, clear away heat and resolve phlegm, moisten the lungs and relieve cough.

Indications: Lung cancer in the middle and late stages, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, poor appetite, dry mouth, or blood in sputum, weak cough, thin white tongue coating, and thready and weak pulse.

Explanation of the prescription: The key to lung cancer treatment is to properly handle the relationship between the local and the whole. For patients with middle and late stage lung cancer, their body immunity is reduced and they are unable to resist evil, which seriously affects the function of internal organs, causing both lung and spleen deficiency, and the lung's failure to descend, and accumulation of phlegm, dampness and toxins. Therefore, the treatment should be to cultivate earth and produce gold.

In the formula, Radix Pseudostellariae can invigorate Qi, strengthen the spleen, and promote the production of body fluid; Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria can invigorate the spleen and remove dampness; Polygonatum sibiricum can invigorate the lungs and replenish Qi, moisten the lungs and benefit the essence, and promote the cultivation of earth and the production of gold; Chuanbeimu and Zhejiang Fritillariae Bulbs can clear away heat, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, eliminate carbuncle and disperse knots; Ginseng can clear away heat, detoxify and fight cancer; Houttuynia cordata can clear away heat, detoxify and inhibit cancer cells; Platycodon grandiflorum can promote the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, carry the medicine upward, and promote the flow of lung Qi; Boiled Pinellia can dry dampness and resolve phlegm, reduce adverse effects and stop vomiting; Aster and Coltsfoot can resolve phlegm and relieve cough, clear the lungs and release heat, and can "relieve the fire of inflammation and disperse the stagnant Qi"; Bletilla striata can astringe the lungs, stop bleeding and nourish the lungs; Adenophora can produce body fluid and quench thirst, nourish Yin and clear heat; Schisandrae Chinensis can astringe the lungs and nourish the kidneys, produce body fluid and astringe sweat. The combination of all the flavors is rigorous, and together they play the role of cultivating earth and producing gold, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, moistening the lungs and relieving cough.