Tumors

Tumors

Tumor means an abnormal swelling or growth in the body. Classically, Tumors were divided into Each of the 4 Humors in the Western Tradition.

  • Phlegmone from Blood humor–their key signs being Redness and Inflammation. This class includes Bubo, Carbuncles, Furuncle, Rosacea etc.
  • Erysipelas from Bile humor–signified by Heat, Burning and Itching. It includes Herpes, Shingles, Lupus, Pruritus, Burns etc.
  • Edema from Phlegm humor–soft, pale and edematous. They include Edema, Water Swellings, Scrofula, Nodes and Ganglions.
  • Scirrhus from Melancholy–cold, hard with dull or dark color. They include Fibroids, Leprosy, Morphew and Cancer.

Each type is treated as appropriate to the Humor. In addition, the various qualities can help differential diagnosis of diseases such as Eczema. That with Burning and Itching being from Bile Humor, that with Redness and Inflammation being associted with Blood Heat, while that with Oozing are caused by Phlegm.


See also

Fibroids
Cancer


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  • Western Tradition
  • TCM Classification
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Tumors in general Heat & Toxin with Phlegm and Blood Obstruction
Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue) Tumor or Swelling which is red, hot to touch, firm or hard, with dull and heavy pain. Tongue will be red with a yellow coating, pulse is swift. 
Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Rhasis) Zhen Ren Huo Ming Yin
Decoction of Figwort Dian She Wan
Decoction of Woods Phlegm Tumors
Decoction for Cancer Tumors or Swellings that are white or pale, perhaps puffy and edematous, with a pale tongue and a wet coat with a soft or slow pulse.
Decoction for Cancer (Model Botanic Guide to Health) Er Chen Tang
Decoction for Scrofula Hai Zao Yu Hu Tang
Decoction to Open the Body (Riverius) Blood Stasis
Compound Syrup of Vinegar (Mesue) Chronic Tumor that is fixed, hard to the touch, with a choppy pulse.
Wine for Scrophula (Renodeus) Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang (Chest)
Wine of Pill Millipedes Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang (abdomen)
Water for Cancer Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang (Lower abdomen)
Powder for Struma Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan (esp. Uterus)
Powder of Gum Lacca Lesser (Dialacca Minor) (Mesue) Da Huang Zhe Chong Wan
Powder of Gum Lacca Greater (Dialacca Major) (M.) Di Dang Tang
Powder for Mixed Humors (Mesue)
Sweet Powder of Musk (Diamoschu Dulce)
Bitter Powder of Musk (Diamoschu Amarum)
Troches of Agrimony
Troches of Wormwood Lesser (Mesue)
Troches of Wormwood Greater (Mesue)
Troches for Hardness of the Liver
Troches Proven for Hardness of the Liver (Nicholas)
Pills of Agrimony Lesser (Mesue)
Pills of Agrimony Greater (Mesue)
Indian Pills (Mesue)
Pills for Mixed Humors (Mesue)
Pills of Fumitory (Avicenna)
Pills of Rhubarb (Greater) (Pil. de Raved Sceni) (Mesue)
Pills of Euphorbium
Electuary of Figwort (Avicenna)
Antidotum Immortale
Esdra
Mithridate
Kanchanara Guggulu (Ayurveda)
Topically
Oil of Walnuts
Oil of Bay
Oil of Costus
Oil of Dill
Oil of Rue
Oil of Violet
Oil of Toads
Meliot Plaster Compound (Mesue)
Apostles Plaster
Diachilon Plaster
Diachilon Plaster with Orris
Plaster Against all Tumors
Ointment of Agrippa
Ointment of Martiatum
Tumors from Heat and Toxin
Decoction for Cancer
Decoction for Cancer (Model Botanic Guide to Health)
Decoction of Figwort
Decoction of Woods
Syrup of Fumitory Greater (Mesue)
Water for Cancer
Troches of Rhubarb (Mesue)
Tumors from Blood Stagnation
Tincture of Myrrh
Tincture of Saffron
Tincture of Frankincense
Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes
Bruise Powder (Mesue)
Powder of Gum Lacca Greater (Dialacca Major) (Mesue)
Powder of Gum Lacca Lesser (Dialacca Minor) (Mesue)
Troches of Saffron (Nicholas)
Troches of Gum Lacca (Mesue)
Trochs of Myrrh (Rhasis)
Troches of Rhubarb (Mesue)
Troches Praised for Liver Hardness (Nicholas)
Pills of Bdellium (Mesue)
Pills for Fibrosis of the Liver (Riverius)
Oil of Costus
Oil of St Johns wort
Oil of Saffron Simple
Oil of Saffron Compound
Diachilon Plaster
Diachilon Plaster with Orris
Diachilon Plaster with Gums
Plaster of Saffron (Nicholas)
Hard Tumors and Swellings
Powder of Gum Lacca Greater (Dialacca Major) (Mesue)
Powder of Gum Lacca Lesser (Dialacca Minor) (Mesue)
Oil of Sweet Almonds
Oil of Sesame
Cerate of Hyssop
Diachilon Plaster
Diachilon Plaster with Gums
Hard Tumors and Fibroids from Melancholy
Decoction for Cancer
Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)
Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Rhasis)
Syrup of Fumitory Greater (Mesue)
Syrup of Rose with Senna
Syrup to Purge all Humors of Frankfurt
Arabic Confect Purging Melancholy (Confect. Hamech)
Indian Pills (Mesue)
Pills for Mixed Humors (Mesue)
Pills of Fumitory (Avicenna)
Pills of Azurite (Mesue)
Pills of Lapis Lazuli (Mesue)
Electuary of Senna (Diabalzemer)
Antidotum Immortale
Plaster by the Grace of God (Plastrum Gratia Dei)
Diachilon Plaster with Gums
Plaster of Bayberries
Plaster of Hemlock
Tumors from Phlegm (Fluid, Edematous)
Decoction Against Scrofula (Fuller)
Powder for Scrofula (Wirtzung)
Powder for Scrofula (Bononiense)
Powder for Scrofula (Renodeus)
Powder of Burnt Sponge (Gabelhover)
Greater Polycrest Pills
Tincture of Rue
Tincture of Bees
Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes (topically)
The Blessed Laxative (Nicholas)
Diachilon Plaster with Gums
Kanchanara Guggulu

Special Formula
TUMORS FROM PHLEGM
  Hyssop
  Cuscuta
  Calament
  Sage,  half handful eal

  Aniseed
 
Fennel seed  1 dram ea.
    Elecampane
  Orris
  Licorice
  Polypody  half dram ea.

  Rosemary flr.
  Sage flr.,
 
Betony flr.   1 pugil ea.
  Juniper   10
  Bay berry   2
  Water   4 lbs.
Boil to half, and aromatize with Clove and Cinnamon, 2 scruples each, and add sugar 2 oz.
To purge more strongly, add Rhubarb 1 dram, Agaric half dram, Senna 1 oz. (
Libellus de tumoribus, 1556)
PILLS FOR PHLEGM TUMORS
  Pills of Agaric
  Pills of Colchicum
  Pills of Fumitory, of each 1 scruple
Mix with Syrup of Fumitory and form 9 pills.