Traditional Chinese Medicine Remedies for Goiter and Tumor Treatment from Qian Jin Fang

This section from Qian Jin Fang by Sun Simiao offers a variety of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) remedies for treating goiters and tumors, including both herbal formulas and moxibustion techniques. The treatments address different types of goiters and tumors caused by factors such as qi stagnation, stress, and malnutrition. These remedies use natural ingredients like Kombu, Sargassum, and Pinellia, combined with dietary restrictions and moxibustion to promote healing.

Treatment for Goiters and Tumors (Seventh Section)
(Author: Sun Simiao, from “Qian Jin Fang” – 13 formulas, 1 condition explanation, 10 moxibustion methods)

Treatments for Various Types of Goiters:

(Including stone goiter, qi goiter, fatigue goiter, earth goiter, worry goiter)

1. Herbal Formula for Goiters:

• Ingredients: Sargassum (Hai Zao), Clam Shell (Hai Ge), Gentian Root (Long Dan), Rice Paper Pith (Tong Cao), Kombu (Kun Bu), Alum or Stone (Shi), Moss (Song Luo) (3 parts each), Fermented Barley (Mai Qu) (4 parts), Pinellia (Ban Xia) (2 parts).

Grind these nine ingredients into a fine powder. Take the powder with wine, about 1 spoonful three times a day. Avoid pork, fish, pungent foods, raw vegetables, and foods that are difficult to digest. Results should be noticeable in 10 days, and the condition should heal within 20 days.

2. Another Formula:

• Ingredients: Wheat Flour (1 liter), Sargassum (Hai Zao) (1 liang), *Special Stone (10 liang).

Soak the flour in aged rice vinegar, dry it in the sun, and grind the mixture into powder. Take 1 spoonful 4-5 times a day. Hold the medicine in your mouth as long as possible before swallowing. Avoid ginger, pungent foods, pork, fish, raw vegetables, loud talking, and strenuous activities.

3. Another Formula:

• Ingredients: Kombu, Moss, Sargassum (3 liang each), Clam Shell (Hai Ge), Cinnamon (Gui Xin), Rice Paper Pith (Tong Cao), Bai Lian (2 liang each).

Grind the seven ingredients into a powder and take 1 spoonful with wine, three times a day.

4. Another Formula:

• Ingredients: Sargassum, Clam Shell (3 liang each), Kombu, Pinellia, Asarum (Xi Xin), Trichosanthes Root (Tu Gua Gen), Moss (1 liang each), Rice Paper Pith, Bai Lian, Gentian Root (2 liang each).

Grind the ten ingredients into a powder and take 1 spoonful with wine twice a day. Avoid overuse.

5. Simple Kombu Remedy:

• Take 2 liang of kombu, cut into finger-sized pieces, soak in vinegar, and swallow the liquid. This will cure the condition.

Special Formulas for Long-Term Tumors:

These formulas treat chronic tumors such as stone, bone, flesh, and fat tumors. They can address tumors that have persisted for 10-30 years, leading to issues like pus discharge, extreme discomfort, and even physical deformities.

Formula for Severe Tumors (Scattered Tumor Powder):

• Ingredients: Cuttlefish Bone (Wu Zei Gu), Sulfur (Shi Liu Huang) (1 part each), Gypsum (Zhong Ru), Purple Fluorite (Zi Shi Ying), White Fluorite (Bai Shi Ying) (2 parts each), Salvia (Dan Shen) (3 parts), Amber (Hu Po), Aconite (Fu Zi), Swallow Droppings (Hu Yan Shi), Rhubarb (Da Huang), Dried Ginger (Gan Jiang) (4 parts each).

Grind the eleven ingredients into a fine powder and store in a leather pouch. Apply it to wet sores, or mix with pig fat for dry sores. Apply three to four times daily until the wound dries. If the pus doesn’t stop after 5-10 doses, continue treatment. If no improvement is seen, add 2 liang of Mirabilite (Mang Xiao) for better results.

Goiter Treatment Pills:

• Ingredients: Kombu, Cinnamon (Gui Xin) (1 liang each), Flowing River Willow Roots (Yi Shui Liu Xu) (1 liang), Sargassum, Dried Ginger (2 liang each), Sheep Pancreas (7 dried pieces).

Grind the six ingredients into powder, form them into honey pills the size of small marbles, and hold one pill in the mouth to dissolve.

Treatment for Severe Tumors:

• Ingredients: Alum, Ligusticum (Chuan Xiong), Angelica (Dang Gui), Rhubarb, Coptis (Huang Lian), Scutellaria (Huang Qin), Bai Lian, Peony (Shao Yao) (2 parts each), Evodia (Wu Zhu Yu) (1 part).

Grind these nine ingredients into a powder, mix with egg yolk, and apply to the tumor area using a cloth. Change the dressing when dry. The tumor will eventually drain pus. After all the pus has drained, apply healing ointments.

Moxibustion Methods for Treating Goiters and Tumors:

• For malignant goiter, apply moxibustion at Tianfu point 50 times.
• For goiter with shortness of breath, apply moxibustion at Feishu point 100 times.
• For goiter due to fatigue, apply moxibustion at Chongyang point according to the patient’s age.
• For facial swelling due to goiter, apply moxibustion at Tongtian point 50 times.
• Other moxibustion methods include targeting Tianqu, Zhongfeng, Fengchi, and points behind the ears.