Cormus iphigeniae
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Cormus iphigeniae(山慈菇)
Miao Xiyong in the Ming Dynasty said that:. "The drug is hot in taste and cold in nature,clearing away heat and subsiding inflammation. "
The drug is obtained from lphigenia indica Kunth. of the Liliaceae family, and is mainly produced in Yunnan and Tibet. The main element of the drug is colchicine.
ANTICANCER PHARMACOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
1. Colchicine inhibits cellular mitochysis. 2. The external culture liquid when condensed to 0. 1μg/ml affects mitochysis and resists cancer. 3. Demecolcine has a special function against cancer. 4. The drug inhibits carcinocytes in the blood to reduce the chances of metastasis of cancer through blood. 5. The drug inhibits sarcoma-180, cancer-256, solid liver cancer and lymphosarcoma, and also resists radiation.
EXPERIMENTAL FORMULAS
For thyroid cancer:
Cormus lphigeniae 4.5g Spica Prunellae 9g Sargassum 9g Thallus Laminariae seu Eckloniae 9g Lapis Pumicis 9g Rhizoma Pinelliae 9g Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii 9g Radix Angelicae Sinensis 9g Rhizoma Cyperi 9g Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae 15g Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 4.5g The prescription is taken one dosage a day in decoction. (Journal of New Traditional Chinese Medicine, Vol. 2,1980)
For various cancer accompanied with pain:
Cormus lphigeniae 30g RADIX NOTOGINSENG 30g Rhizoma Paridis 30g
Rhizoma Corydalis 30g Rhizoma Dioscoreae Bulbiferae 30g Radix Aconiti 30g Bomeol 9g
The prescription is ground into powder and taken 3g a time and three times a day. (Diagnosis and Treatment of Tumor)
For unulcerous breast cancer:
Cormus lphigeniae 30g Bulbus Bolbostemmae 15g Galla Chinensis 15g Radix Angelicae Pubescentis 15g Rhizoma Cyperi 15g Rhizoma Arisaematis 15g Rhizoma Pinelliae 15g
The prescription is ground into powder to be blended with vinegar into a paste for application to the lesion. The treatment is renewed once a day. (Journal of Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Medicine, Vol. 1,1958)
For skin cancer and breast cancer:
The fresh drug is pounded, mixed with millet vinegar and applied to the lesion. Chinese Injection-81 made from Colchicine is very effective in treating cancer. (Tianjin Medical Journal, Vol. 2, 1973)
For breast cancer:
Cormus lphigeniae 9g Sargassum 30g Herba Taraxaci 30g The prescription is taken one dosage a day in decoction. (Handbook of Practical Anticancer Drugs)
For esophageal cancer and stomach cancer:
120g of the drug is washed, decocted in water, then mixed with 120g of white honey to make ' a paste for oral administration 9-15g a time and twice a day. (Collection of Experienced Prescriptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
HISTORICAL COMMENTS
Guide to Materia Medica says that: "The drug is especially effective in clearing away pathogenic heat to disperse stasis, curing furuncles, sores, inflammation, scrofula, snake and dog bite." True Materia Medica says that: "The drug can be used externally and internally to treat furuncle, carbuncle, urticaria, malignant sore, snake bite and scrofula. But the drug cannot be taken in large dose because of its cold nature. "
THE Herblab.org'S NOTE
Colchicine is neutral and dissolvable in water, different from any other kinds of alkaloid substances. 90 cases of breast cancer were treated in Tianjin People's Hospital with a colchicine preparation, and 66.6% of the patients survived for over 5 year. In addition, colchicine may cause vomiting, poor appetite, abdominal distention and constipation. Sometimes it even causes intestine disorder and numbness of the four extremities. The drug may also result in leukopenia and reduction of the platelets, but seldom results in serious osteomyelitis which will disappear spontaneously after the cessation of the drug. The drug can still cause phlebitis and necrosis of the local tissues if the liquid of the drug leaks out of the vein. The drug is forbidden for patients with week physique, poor liver function and cardiovascular diseases.
