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Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer is a Cancer of the Pancreatic Tissue. It is often not found until advanced as early Pancreatic Cancer often presents with no symptoms, and by the time symptoms do appear, the Cancer is often advanced and metastasized giving it a poor prognosis.

The most common type of Pancreatic Cancer is pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma which forms on the ducts of the Pancreas.


Signs
  • Fatigue
  • Abdominal pain that radiates to your back
  • Loss of appetite or unintended weight loss
  • Yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes (jaundice)
  • Light-colored stools, Dark-colored urine
  • Itchy skin
  • New diagnosis of diabetes or existing diabetes that's becoming more difficult to control

Risk Factors:
  • Family History
  • Smoking
  • Diabetes
  • History of Pancreatitis
  • Obesity
  • Being over 65
The combination of Smoking, chronic Diabetes and poor diet showed greater increase than any factor alone.

Western Tradition

Simples
Turmeric
Agrimony
Celandine
Dandelion
Frankincense
Rhubarb
Black Nightshade
Dodder
Fumitory
Centaury
Mistletoe
Cannabis
Madder



Suggested Formulas

Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)

Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Rhasis)

Decoction for Cancer (Fuller)
Syrup of Fumitory Greater
Syrup of Fumitory Compound (Augustana)
Syrup of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)

Syrup of Betony (Pharmacopoeia Augustana)
Powder of Gum Lacca Greater (Dialacca Maj.) (Mesue)

Indian Pills (Mesue)
Pills for Melancholy (Unani)
Arab Confect Purging Melancholy (Confectio Hamech)






Chinese Classification

Simples
Poria Fu Ling
Hedyotis
Rabdosia, Dong Ling Cao
Paeonia Mu Dan Pi
Astragalus Huang Qi
Curcuma Yu Jin
Realgar


Ganoderma Ling Zhi
Scutellaria Ban Zhi Lian
Rhubarb (Da Huang)
Bupleurum Chai Hu

Agrimony (Xian He Cao)
Wikstroemia, Le Ge Wang

1. Scutellaria Ban Zhi Lian promotes tumor inhibition rate of 5-fluorouracil (see here)

Formulas

Ping Xiao Capsules


Damp Heat / Phlegm Heat
Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang

Qi and Blood Stasis
Chai Hu Shu Gan tang

Qi and Blood Deficiency
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang
Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Ping Wei San

Supportive during Chemotherapy
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang

Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San

Special Formula

Japanese Research found that stage IV Pancreatic Cancer patients given either Shi Quan Da Bu Tang or Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang were able to double their life expectancy, and in some cases, lived for years after initial diagnosis. (see here)

Zuojin Pills
    Coptis Huang Lian           9 grams
    Evodia Wu Zhu Yu
            1.5 grams
This has been shown to inhibit pancreatic cell proliferation and induce apoptosis. (see here)

Pancreatic Cancer
    Poria Fu Ling
    Scutellaria Huang Qin
    Codonopsis Dang Shen
    Atractylodes Bai Zhu
   
Coix Yi Yi Ren
    Dang Gui
    Citrus peel Chen Pi
    Artemisia Yin Chen Hao
    Polyporus Zhu Ling
    Agrimony (Xian He Cao)
    Smilax Tu Fu Ling
    Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao.
(This was listed in a research case)


Pancreatic Cancer
    Bupleurum Chai Hu
    Scutellaria Huang Qin
    Angelica Dang Gui
    Codonopsis Dang Shen
    Atractylodes Bai Zhu
    Poria Fu Ling
    Citrus Fo Shou
    Curcuma E Zhu
    Curcuma Yu Jin
    Artemisia Yin Chen Hao
    Coix Yi Yi Ren
    Polyporus Zhu Ling
    Smilax Tu Fu Ling
    Agrimonia Xian He Cao
    Patrinia Bai Jiang Cao
    Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao
This was used for an elderly patient with Pancreatic cancer in the head of the Pancreas who didn't receive any other treatment other than a biliary stent. His TCM diagnosis was Phlegm-Heat, Blood Stasis and Qi and Blood deficiency and his herbs were modified as needed over the course of his treatment. After less than 18 months treatment, his tumor was resolved and he lived for 9 years, dying of old age. (See here)


Research
–Complementary Chinese Herbal Medicine Therapy Improves Survival of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer in Taiwan: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study
–Chinese Herbal Medicine Effectively Prolongs the Overall Survival of Pancreatic Cancer Patients: A Case Series
–Herbals and Plants in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review of Experimental and Clinical Studies
–Efficacy of Chemotherapy Integrated With Traditional Korean Medicine in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Boswellia
–Hydrodistilled essential oil of Boswellia sacra was investigated for its effect against Pancreatic cancer cell lines. All fractions of the oil suppressed cell viability and induced apoptosis with the high-molecular weight fractions being strongest (these containing higher levels of boswellic acid) (Ni et al., BMC Complement Altern Med, Dec 2012).
–Frankincense essential oil prepared from hydrodistillation of Boswellia sacra gum resins induces human pancreatic cancer cell death in cultures and in a xenograft murine model
–Earlier research also demonstrated boswellic acid to suppress growth and metastasis of human pancreatic tumors. (Park et al., PLoS One, 2011)
Cannabis
–Flavonoid Derivative of Cannabis Demonstrates Therapeutic Potential in Preclinical Models of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
–Potential Use of Cannabinoids for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
–Preclinical and Clinical Assessment of Cannabinoids as Anti-Cancer Agents
Mastic
–Gemcitabine combined with gum mastic causes potent growth inhibition and apoptosis of pancreatic cancer cells
Rabdosia
–Oridonin inhibits BxPC-3 cell growth through cell apoptosis.
–Oridonin induces apoptosis in SW1990 pancreatic cancer cells via p53- and caspase-dependent induction of p38 MAPK.
Rheum, Rhubarb
–Emodin and rhein decrease levels of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in human pancreatic cancer cells and attenuate cancer cachexia in athymic mice carrying these cells.
–Effects of emodin on the demethylation of tumor-suppressor genes in pancreatic cancer PANC-1 cells.

FORMULAS
–Utilising network pharmacology to explore the underlying mechanism of Wumei Pill in treating pancreatic neoplasms

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