Summary of
Modern Studies on Shenlian Zaizao (Regenerator™) Capsule
Chinese Use: Lung cancer, stomach cancer.
This product is indicated in
lung cancer and stomach cancer. The treating principle is clearing heat,
detoxication, activating blood, eliminating stasis, attacking hardness, and
resolving mass, regulating qi to disperse stagnancy. The aim of treatment is
ameliorating symptoms and decreasing misery.
In the recipe, Herba
Hedyotis diffusae is bitter-cold, with stronger action of clearing heat and
detoxication. Herba Scutellarial barbatae is pungent-bitter-cool, pertains to
the lung-liver channels, also capable of clearing heat and detoxifying. Radix
Sophorae subprostratae is bitter-cold, pertains to the lung-stomach channel. It
clears heat, detoxifies, facilitates the pharynx, and anti-swelling. Flos
Lonicerae is pungent warm, pertains to the spleen-stomach channel and lung
channel. It clears heat, detoxifies and cools blood, the above 5 ingredients
yields strong action of clearing heat and detoxifying and are used as the
monarchal ingredient. Rhizoma Polygoni cuspidatae is bitter-cold, pertain to
the lung channel. It clears heat and detoxifies, activates blood circulation,
eliminating blood stasis, expelling phlegm, and arresting coughing. Indigo
Naturalis is salty-cold, pertains to the lung-stomach channels. It also clears
heat, detoxifies, cools blood and arrests hemorrhage. Both are used as
ministerial ingredients. Fructus Chaenomelis speciosa is sour-warm, pertains to
the liver-spleen channels. It eliminates dampness, harmonizes the stomach,
relaxing the channel-collaterals to arrest pain. Radix Stephaneae tetrandrae is
bitter-pungent-cold, pertains to the spleen-stomach channels. It strengthens
the spleen, harmonizes the stomach and resolving dampness. Radix Sophorae
flavescentis is bitter-cold, pertains to the stomach channel. It clears heat
and dries up dampness. All the above applied together can strengthen the
actions of strengthening the spleen, harmonizing the stomach, eliminating
dampness. Rhizoma Sparganii and Rhizoma Zedoariae are bitter warm, pertains to
the spleen channel. It drastically activates stasis and qi flowing to arrest
pain. Radix Salvia miltiorrhizae is bitter-cold, and is an essential drug for
activating blood and resolving stasis. The above three used together are for
strengthening the action of activating blood and resolving stasis to arrest
pain. Fructus Chelbulae, Fructus Mume are all sour and puckery, pertain to the
lung channel. Both used together are for strengthening the astringency of the
lung to stop coughing. Semen Allii tuberosi is pungent-sweet-warm, pertains to
the liver-kidney channels. It warms the liver and kidney and invigorates yang.
Fructus Soraleae is bitter-warm, pertains to the kidney-spleen channel. It
benefits the kidney and invigorates yang, calms down asthma to accept qi
flowing. When used together with Ginseng, Radix Astragali seu Hedysari, iE
invigorates qi, Rhizoma Polygonati replenishes the kidney, moistens the lung;
strengthens the spleen and invigorates qi. It eliminates the pathogens without
harming he body, and qi and blood are activated to circulate. All the above are
adjuvant ingredients. Aloe is a cathartic, eliminates fidgetiness, apricot nut
is an antitussive. When they are used together the pathogens can be driven out.
Radix Glycyrrhiza can benefit the inferior, and invigorate qi, clear heat,
detoxify, eliminate phlegm, arrest coughing and pain. It also regulates all
ingredients. The above 3 are servant ingredients.
Studies on
pharmacodynamics:
This product can inhibits
tumor: Gastric perfusion in the dosages of 1g/kg, 2g/kg, 4g/kg, equivalent to
5.6, 11.2, 22.4 times the clinical dosage of man, for 7 consecutive days. It
markedly inhibits the tumor growth. The result is similar to the control group
treated with Tianxian pills.
Toxicological studies: by gastric perfusion, the maximal tolerance dosage
is 32.1g/kg.
304 case (202 in
experimental group, 102 control group) were treated. The effective and stable
rate of treating group was 80%, that of control group, 58.3%, with significant
difference. This product yielded certain action on inhibition of tumor.
Excerpt
from A Guide to TCM Products, China Academy of Traditional Chinese
Medicine, 2003
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