Radix trichosanthis
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Radix trichosanthis(天花粉)
Huang Gongxiu in the Qing Dynasty said that: "The drug is sour, slightly bitter and sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature, eliminating heat-phlegm accumulated above the diaphragm."
The drug is obtained from Trichosanthis Ririlow'n Maxim, of the Trichosanthes genus and the Cucurbitaceae family.
ANTICANCER PHARMACOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
1. The extract from the drug cures chorioepithelioma with a rate of 50% and malignant hydatidiform mole with a rate of 100%. It increases leukocytes, but has no side effect on the liver andthe kidney. 2. The drug inhibits cervical cancer-14, sarcoma-180 and ascites cancer. 3. The drug inhibits JTC-26 with a 90% effective rate. 4. Its anticancer mechanism lies in: 1). Causing necrosis to trophocytes; And 2). Interfering the respiration and anaerobic glycolysis of the cancer cells. The effective element is glucoprotein.
EXPERIMENTAL FORMULAS
For malignant hydatidiform mole and chorioepithelioma:
The fresh drug is washed, sterilized with alcohol, squeezed into juice and put into refrigerator for deposition. The clear liquid is collected and' frozen. The whole Fructus Gleditsiae Abnormalis is washed, sterilized with alcohol, calcined, ground into powder, filtrated with distilled water and frozen. The two frozen drugs are blended with a 9 to 1 ratio and filled into 0.275g-0.5g capsules for inserting into the vaginal fomix 5-7 days a time. Before the administration, the patient should urinate, defecate, wash the vagina with warm boiled water. The patient should lie on bed to rest after a capsule inserted. The dosage should begin from the minimum and the preparation has some side effect. (Selected Medical Research Papers)
For mammary cancer:
Radix Trichosanthis 30g Concha Ostreae 30g Spica Prunellae 30g Sargassum 9g Thallus Laminariae sou Eckloniae 9g Nidus Vespae 9g Radix Scrophulariae 3g Bulbus Bolbostemmae 15g Scolopendra 2g The prescription is taken one dosage a day in decoction. (Diagnosis arid Treatment of Tumor)
For esophageal cancer:
Radix Trichosanthis 18g Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae 15g Rhizoma Dioscoreae 15g Radix Asparagi 9g Radix Ophiopogonis 9g Semen Persicae 9g haematitum 30g The prescription is taken one dosage a day in decoction. (Selected Experienced Prescriptions in Shaanxi)
For malignant hydatidiform mole:
When injected intramuscularly, the drug necroses the mole tissue, prevents and the womb from enlarging and evidently reduces the size of the enlarged womb. In some cases, the mole would come out spontaneously 3-6 days after the administration. (Medical Research Correspondence, Vol. 7, 1978)
For the side effect of chemotherapy:
Radix Trichosanthis 30g Rhizoma Phragmitis 60g Radix Rehmanniae 15g Radix Scrophulariae 12g Radix Ophiopogonis 12g Herba Dendrobii 30g
The prescription is taken one dosage a day in decoction. (Hunan Journal of Tumor Research and Treatment, Vol. 1,1980)
HISTORICAL COMMENTS
Ri Hua Zhi Materia Medica says that: "The drug smoothens small intestine, subsides swelling, cures breast abscess and expels pus to promote muscle development. "
Classification and Prescriptions says that: "Breast abscess can be cured with 30 grams of the drug and 3 grams of Olibanum when ground into powder and taken 6 grams a time with wine. "
Dietetic Prescriptions of Mengxi says that: "Primary carbuncles or swelling can be cured by the drug when decocted in millet wine, dried and ground. The powder is blended with millet wine, spread on paper and applied to the lesion." "Equal portion of the drug and Semen Phaseol Calcarati is ground, blended with vinegar and applied to the lesion."
