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Exte rnal Re m e die s to He lp Fight Cance r

TCM Exte rnal Re me die s to He lp Fight Cance r

To shrink tumors and detoxif y the body are important approaches in TCM
anticance r s trate gie s , how ever, many ingredients are either too strong or toxic
that they cannot be used internally. These include unprocessed herbs like:

tian nan xing Jackinthepulpit tuber Rhizoma Arisaematis

ban xia Pinellia tuber Rhizoma Pinelliae
chuan w u Common Monkshood mother root Radix Aconiti
teng huang Resina Garciniae
xiong huang Realgar Realgar

Or herbs f or activating blood and removing stasis like:

san leng Common Burreed tuber Rhizoma Spargani

e shu Zedoray rhizome Rhizoma curcumae
shui zhi Leech Hirudo
su mu Sappan w ood Lignum Sappan
meng chong Tab anus Bivittatus

Common Burreed tuber Zedoray rhizome Leech

Or herbs in pungent and w arming properties like:

gan jiang Fried ginger Rhizoma Zingib eris

f u zi Monkshood Radix Aconiti
rou gui Cassia bark Cortex Cinnamomi
xi xin Chinese w ild ginger Herb a Asari
bi bo Long pepper Fructus Piperis Longi

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M onkshood Sappan wood Chinese wild g ing er

Local applications of medicinal substances mean that the active ingredients of

certain preparations are absorbed through the skin and then onto the cancer site.
Through the slow absorption process, there is less risk to develop general
poisoning reactions, it also enables drugs to bypass the interf erence f rom the
kidney and liver as w ell as avoid adverse stimulation on the intestinal tract. During
application, physicians w ill change the base constantly so as to avoid local
reactions like itchiness and rashes appearing.
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