Polygonum cuspidatum belongs to liver and gallbladder meridian, and its effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis are very good. If patients with liver cancer are mainly characterized by "blood stasis syndrome", Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae, Semen Persicae, Carthami Flos, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Fructus Aurantii, Radix Bupleuri, Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Achyranthis Radix can be used together to promote blood circulation and promote qi circulation. If patients with liver cancer are mainly characterized by "damp-heat syndrome", Polyporus, Poria, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Alismatis Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, Cortex Phellodendri, Semen Plantaginis, and Semen Coicis can be used together to clear away heat and promote diuresis.
Polygonum cuspidatum can not only promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, but also be used to improve the symptoms of "blood stasis syndrome" of patients with liver cancer, such as dark complexion, hard liver lump and fixed pain parts, such as needle pricking, which will be aggravated when gently pressed, and the pain will be more severe at night, such as dry and rough skin, dark tongue or petechia, varicose veins under the tongue, etc., and it can also clear away heat and promote diuresis, and can be used to relieve patients' right chest fullness, pain, fever, bitter taste in mouth, heavy breath and stomach. It is a rare medicine for liver cancer patients to feel sick or even vomit when smelling oil, and the symptoms of "damp-heat syndrome" such as dry stool, or sticky stool and uncleanness.
For patients with obvious liver pain, Radix Curcumae, Radix Paeoniae Alba preparata, Fructus Toosendan and Rhizoma Corydalis can be added; Patients with elevated transaminase can be added with Hypericum japonicum, Sedum sarmentosum, Phyllanthus urinaria, etc. For patients with yellow body, yellow eyes and yellow urine, it is effective to take Polygonum cuspidatum decoction alone, and the effect of diuresis and yellowing is better when it is used in combination with Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Fructus Gardeniae, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei and Cortex Phellodendri. If the immunity of patients with liver cancer is decreased and complicated with lung infection, Polygonum cuspidatum has a strong effect of clearing heat, promoting blood circulation and detoxicating, and can also relieve cough and phlegm, which can obviously alleviate the symptoms such as fever, cough, chest pain, yellow phlegm and so on, especially for patients with dry stool. Polygonum cuspidatum can purge heat and relax bowels, and lung heat often goes away after stool is solved.
Polygonum cuspidatum is often used with Alisma orientale, Oyster, Trichosanthes kirilowii root, Lepidium seed and Mulberry bark to treat cancerous hydrothorax. For the treatment of cancerous ascites, it is often used with Alisma orientale, Poria cocos, Euphorbia helioscopia, Pericarpium Arecae, and Cortex Zingiberis Recens, which can promote the absorption of water with abnormal metabolism in human body and relieve the pain of patients. In addition, the combination of Polygonum cuspidatum with Radix Astragali, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Cimicifuga can also improve leukopenia caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Note: After taking a large amount of Polygonum cuspidatum, some patients will have adverse reactions, mainly manifested as loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dizziness and so on.