🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Nasopharyngeal cancer
Nasopharyngeal cancer clinical main symptoms include nasal obstruction, nasal bleeding, often presenting with cervical lymph node metastasis. The disease is associated with genetics, viruses, environment, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine considers emotional injury and deficiency of vital energy as internal causes. In a constitution with weakened vital energy, exposure to wind pathogen and toxic invasion leads to stagnation in the nasal cavity, obstructing qi and blood circulation, forming masses. Commonly used folk remedies and effective prescriptions are listed below.
[Formula One]
Herba Hedyotis 60g, Scutellaria 30g, Golden Fruit 9–12g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula originates from "Selected Collection of Single and Effective Herbal Remedies," function: detoxifies and inhibits cancer, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer with lung metastasis.
[Formula Two]
Centipede 3 pieces, Manis scale 3g, Buthus 3g, Earthworm 3g, Notoginseng 3g. Dry and grind into fine powder, mix with rice vinegar to form suspension, take once daily.
This formula originates from "Chinese Herbal Anticancer Preparations," function: detoxifies and fights cancer, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Three]
Mountain bitter melon 10g, glycerin 20g, 75% ethanol 25g. First chop mountain bitter melon, soak in ethanol, add 50ml distilled water, stir well, filter through gauze, add glycerin to make nasal drops, use 3–6 times daily.
This formula originates from "Chinese Herbal Anticancer Preparations," function: detoxifies and opens orifices, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Four]
Rehmannia 18g, Curcuma 9g, Croton 7.5g. Grind all herbs into fine powder, make pills with vinegar, size of green bean, take 2 pills each time, every 2 hours, swallow with strong tea, continue until vomiting and diarrhea stop.
This formula attacks toxins and fights cancer, effective for persistent nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Five]
Old gourd 250g, musk 30g, borneol 30g. Roast gourd to ash, grind into powder, mix with musk and borneol, blow small amount into nasopharynx, repeat several times daily.
This formula originates from "Chinese Herbal Anticancer Preparations," function: opens nasal passages, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Six]
Green onion white 3 pieces, soap pod 3 pieces, fresh Eupatorium 6–9g, musk 0.15–0.2g. Crush green onion, soap pod, fresh Eupatorium, extract juice, add musk, soak cotton with juice and plug ears, or drop juice into ears.
This formula enhances hearing and opens orifices, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Seven]
Pork lean meat, hawthorn, pine leaf 50g each. Add 1500ml water, boil until cooked, eat meat and drink soup, one dose daily, continuous for 7 days as one course, rest 3 days before repeating, can be used for 10 courses.
This formula strengthens constitution and fights cancer, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Eight]
Agaricus 9g (wrapped), shoot 15g, golden lock 30g, seven-leaf one-branch flower 30g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula originates from "Practical Handbook of Anti-cancer Drugs," function: detoxifies, relieves sore throat, fights cancer, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Nine]
Chinese gall powder, borneol powder, notoginseng powder, alum powder in equal amounts. Grind into fine powder, apply on vaseline gauze or peanut oil gauze, insert into bleeding nostril.
This formula originates from "Treatise on Strengthening Constitution and Nourishing Vitality in Cancer," function: anti-pain and stops bleeding, suitable for bleeding in nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Ten]
Prince's ginseng 30g, Scrophularia 15g, Ophiopogon 15g, Rehmannia 15g, Ligustrum 15g, Dendrobium 10g, Gynura 20g. Decoct and take orally once daily, start taking herbal medicine when radiotherapy begins.
This formula is by Li Lianhua, TCM physician, function: tonifies Qi and nourishes yin, suitable for patients with nasopharyngeal cancer undergoing radiotherapy.
[Formula Eleven]
Panax ginseng 3g, honeysuckle 20–30g, Herba Hedyotis (or Prunella) 20–30g. Decoct and take orally; ginseng is decocted separately. On the day of ginseng intake, do not take the other three herbs. The remaining three herbs are decocted and taken twice weekly.
This formula originates from Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, 1986.5, function: tonifies Qi and strengthens constitution, clears heat and detoxifies, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer during radiotherapy.
[Formula Twelve]
Asparagus 12g, Ophiopogon 12g, Adenosma root 10g, Scrophularia 9g, Rehmannia 10g, Imperata rhizome 12g, Polygonatum 9g, Honeysuckle 9g, Herba Hedyotis 9g, Trachelospermum 20–30g, Codonopsis 12g, Poria 10g, Atractylodes 10g, Salvia 15g, Licorice 3g. Each dose is decocted three times and taken as tea, can be used long-term.
This formula originates from Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, 1985.5, function: tonifies Qi and generates body fluids, detoxifies and fights cancer, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Thirteen]
Adenosma root 15g, Dendrobium 12g, Polygonatum 12g, Herba Hedyotis 15g, Solanum 30g, Laminaria 12g, Chrysanthemum 15g, Xanthium fruit 12g, Gentiana 10g, Gardenia 10g, Rehmannia 15g, Red Peony Root 15g, Imperata rhizome 30g, Lotus node 15g, Ophiopogon 30g, Fritillaria bulb 10g, Scrophularia 12g, Peach kernel 6g, Prunella 30g, Jujube 7 pieces. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula clears heat and generates body fluids, detoxifies and disperses nodules, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer. This formula originates from Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1989·1.
[Formula Fourteen]
Herba Hedyotis 15g, Scutellaria 15g, Codonopsis 15g, Scrophularia 15g, Dendrobium 30g, Rehmannia 24g, prepared Rehmannia 24g, Ophiopogon 24g, Forsythia 18g, Asparagus 24g, Tribulus 18g, Polygonatum 12g, Yam 12g, Red Peony Root 12g, Coptis 9g, Angelica 9g, Radix Sophorae 9g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula originates from "Chinese Herbal Anticancer Preparations," function: nourishes yin and clears lungs, anticancer, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Fifteen]
Snake-bubble-leather 30g, Salvia 30g, Uncaria 30g, Walking-mountain-herb 30g, Mouse-thorn 15g, Iron-wrapped-gold 15g, Ground-king 15g, Madder root 15g, Tribulus 15g, Penetrating-stone 15g, Mountain-compass 15g, Jujube 60g, Small-leaf-seven-star-sword 15g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula attacks stasis and fights cancer, clears heat and detoxifies, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Sixteen]
Snake-bubble-leather 30g, Imperata rhizome 30g, Chrysanthemum 30g, Iron-wrapped-gold 30g, Ground-king 15g, Earth-beetle 15g, Great burnet 21g, Licorice 9g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula originates from "Chinese Herbal Anticancer Preparations," function: detoxifies and disperses nodules, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Seventeen]
Asarum 12g, Xanthium fruit 12g, Angelica 3g, Ligusticum 3g, Coptis 3g, Forsythia 12g, Dandelion 12g, Oyster shell 60g, Prunella 12g, Scutellaria 30g, Sichuan goat's horn 15g, Eupatorium 12g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula originates from "Prevention and Treatment of Tumors," function: clears lung and opens orifices, detoxifies and disperses nodules, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Eighteen]
Honeysuckle 30g, Forsythia 6g, Trichosanthes 6g, Angelica 15g, Dandelion 12g, Frankincense 15g, Red Peony Root 6g, Coptis 6g, Peach kernel 15g, Chrysanthemum 10g, Rhubarb 15g, Anemarrhena 3g, Mentha 6g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula is from the treatment regimen for nasopharyngeal cancer at Nanchang No.1 Hospital, function: clears heat and detoxifies, activates blood and disperses nodules.
[Formula Nineteen]
Stone-plant 30g, Xanthium fruit 10g, Herb of the River 15g, Throat-root 10g, Mountain-compass 15g, Imperata rhizome 30g, Radix Sophorae 10g, Trichosanthes 20g, Madder root 10g, South Star 15g, Pinellia 15g, Angelica 15g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula originates from "Traditional Chinese Oncology," function: clears heat and drains lung, anti-inflammatory and anticancer, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer with lung heat pattern.
[Formula Twenty]
Rehmannia 15g, Cortex Moutan 10g, Stone-plant 30g, Radix Sophorae 10g, Uncaria 15g, Whole scorpion 6g, Prunella 15g, Loofah network 10g, Polygonum 30g, Stiffened silkworm 1g, Chicken blood vine 30g, Xanthium fruit 10g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula originates from "Traditional Chinese Oncology," function: clears heat and detoxifies, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer with cranial nerve damage.
[Formula Twenty-One]
Green tangerine peel 10g, dried tangerine peel 10g, apricot seed 10g, Coptis 12g, Trichosanthes 20g, South Star 10g, processed Pinellia 20g, poria 30g, raw bai bu 30g, Uncaria 10g, lesser nettle 30g, stone-plant 30g, Asarum 10g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula originates from "Traditional Chinese Oncology," function: clears heat and transforms phlegm, detoxifies and fights cancer, suitable for phlegm-heat type nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Twenty-Two]
Artemisia 10g, softshell turtle 10g, Gentiana 9g, lycium bark 12g, Scrophularia 12g, Rehmannia 12g, honeysuckle 15g, Trichosanthes 15g, Cortex Moutan 10g, red peony root 10g, white peony root 10g, cicada slough 6g, licorice 6g, lamp grass 1.5g, fresh reed rhizome 30g, Changshan 10g, Astragalus 30g. Decoct and take orally once daily.
This formula originates from Journal of Guizhou College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1989.4, function: nourishes yin and reduces fever, suitable for low-grade fever after chemotherapy in nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Twenty-Three]
Scrophularia 30g, Adenosma root 30g, Ophiopogon 15g, Astragalus 15g, Ligustrum 15g, Selaginella 15g, Xanthium fruit 15g, Asarum 15g, dodder seed 15g, Anemarrhena 12g, Dendrobium 25g, Codonopsis 25g, Atractylodes 25g, Radix Sophorae 10g, Angelica 10g, Yam 10g, Acorus 10g. Decoct and take orally once daily, decoct three times, divide into three doses.
This formula is by Yang Tongli, TCM physician, function: tonifies Qi and nourishes yin, detoxifies and reduces swelling, suitable for nasopharyngeal cancer.
[Formula Twenty-Four]
Prunella 30g, Laminaria 30g, cinnabar 30g, kelp 24g, Uncaria 24g, red peony root 15g, wasp nest 12g, Atractylodes 12g, peach kernel 6g, angelica 6g, raw southern star (decoct first) 6g, processed far-eastern arrowroot 6g, calamus 6g, earthworm 6g, centipede 6g, whole scorpion 6g. First decoct raw southern star for 2 hours, then add other herbs and decoct together. Take once daily, divided into two doses.
This formula is by renowned TCM physician Duan Fengwu for treating nasopharyngeal cancer, function: clears heat, detoxifies, nourishes yin, and disperses nodules.
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