🌿 Folk Prescriptions

[Secret Formula 1]
240 grams of iron tree leaves, 10 jujubes, boiled until soft in a clay pot, eat the jujubes and drink the soup.
[Secret Formula 2]
Use fresh Hedyotis diffusa, 120 grams per serving, wash clean and extract juice by squeezing twice, discard residue and keep juice. For patients over 50 years old, mix 30 grams of honey into the juice; for those under 50, add a small amount of salt dissolved in warm water. Pour into a porcelain bowl or teacup, steam over water until cooked, then consume warm. Highly effective. Fresh Hedyotis diffusa can be purchased; this formula specifically treats liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.
[Secret Formula 3]
Remove skin of frog including head and eye glands, puncture surface glands to release white fluid, immediately apply externally on tumor site (for deep tumors, apply at acupoints). Cover with gauze, change 1–2 times daily. Alternatively, dry and stir-fry frog skin until brittle, grind into powder, take 3 grams daily in three divided doses. Or, use nine live frogs with 1500 grams of yellow wine, boil for two hours, take 15 ml daily (this formula also applies to esophageal cancer and leukemia).
[Secret Formula 4]
Peel skin off large toad, prick the spines, place skin inside out on liver region, leave for up to three months before removal. If blisters form, apply gentian violet and simultaneously take frog skin powder, about 0.8 grams per dose, three times daily.
[Secret Formula 5]
5000 grams of soft date root, boil with abundant water for three hours, filter out residue, concentrate filtrate to 500 ml, add appropriate amount of simple syrup. Take 25 ml twice daily. (This formula also applies to gastric cancer, lung cancer, and esophageal cancer.)
Adjuvant medicinal diet
Softshell Turtle Dual-Drug Soup
[Ingredients] 51 grams of lotus seed, 15 grams of notoginseng (crushed), one softshell turtle weighing approximately 500 grams, 90 grams of lean pork.
[Preparation] Remove internal organs from turtle, chop finely; cut lean pork into small pieces. Combine all ingredients with sufficient water, stew until tender, season with salt.
[Function] Notoginseng has effects of stopping bleeding, resolving stasis, reducing swelling, and relieving pain; lotus seed is a key herb for reinforcing constitution and nourishing essence; turtle’s benefits have been previously described. This soup is suitable for late-stage liver cancer patients experiencing pain and discomfort.
Peaceful Liver Peony Decoction
[Ingredients] 12 grams of white peony root, 6 grams of fried licorice, 6 grams of bitter orange seed, appropriate amount of lean meat, 4 honey-coated dates, a little salt.
[Preparation] Place all herbs with lean meat in a clay pot, add water, stew for about two hours.
[Function] White peony root is a key herb for soothing liver and calming spleen, relieving tension and promoting diuresis, with effects of nourishing blood, resolving stasis, clearing heat, and relieving pain; bitter orange seed is a moistening herb with functions of nourishing liver, relaxing spleen, and benefiting heart Qi. Licorice is a harmonizing herb with numerous benefits, traditionally known as the "sovereign" among herbs. Combined with jujube and lean pork to strengthen spleen and invigorate qi, this formula supports treatment of liver deficiency and rib-side pain in all stages of liver cancer.
White Atractylodes Dual-Meat Drink
[Ingredients] 12 grams of white atractylodes, 250–300 grams of rabbit meat, 10–20 large field snails (use only meat).
[Preparation] Clean snails thoroughly, blanch in boiling water to kill them, remove meat. Place snail meat and rabbit meat in a pot with white atractylodes and sufficient water, simmer gently for two hours, season with salt.
[Function] White atractylodes is a key herb for strengthening the spleen and stomach, with diuretic and harmonizing effects; snail meat clears liver heat and detoxifies, promotes diuresis and relieves jaundice. Combined with rabbit meat which tonifies qi, cools blood, and detoxifies, this formulation demonstrates excellent compatibility, making it an ideal dietary adjunct for advanced liver cancer with ascites and jaundice.
Carassius Catfish Ginger Sugar Red Bean Soup
[Ingredients] Clean and gut carp, keep scales, wash thoroughly, fry lightly in oil until both sides slightly golden brown, then combine with red adzuki beans in a clay pot, add water and cook until soft, finally add ginger and sugar and briefly stew.
[Function] Carp is highly nutritious and promotes diuresis and reduces edema; red adzuki beans are a key herb for promoting urination, activating blood circulation, reducing swelling, detoxifying, and alleviating jaundice. Ginger enters five organs to expel pathogens. This medicinal diet shows particular effectiveness as an auxiliary therapy for liver cancer, especially when jaundice and ascites are present.<liver cancer>