The effect of a traditional Chinese prescription for a case of lung carcinoma.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the effectiveness of Ninjin Yoei To (NYT; Ren-Shen-Yang-Rong-Tang in Chinese medicine; Kotaro Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan), one of the traditional herbal medicines, against lung carcinoma.


METHODS
The Nursing Center Himawari DESIGN, PATIENT, AND PREPARATION: The regular dosage of NYT (15 g/d) was prescribed for 7 weeks to one elderly patient with lung carcinoma. The daily standard dose of NYT is prepared from dried extract obtained from 12 crude natural substances, ginseng, cinnamon bark, Japanese angelica root, astragalus root, peony root, citrus unshiu peel, rehmannia root, polygala root, atractylodes rhizome, schisanda fruit, poria sclerotium, and glycyrrhiza. NYT is certified by the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare.


RESULTS
The tumor marker levels (CEA and CA19-9) decreased and the scores of yin-yang and xu-shi inverted from negative and positive during 7 weeks. The patient's cough disappeared and her appetite recovered.


CONCLUSIONS
NYT has a positive effect on life expectancy for patients with malignancy. The diagnostic scoring system in yin-yang and xu-shi and prescription of Chinese herb may be available to gain control over a patient's health.
Kamei
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Shimane Institute of Health Science, Izumo, Japan. kamei@hanken.shimane-med.ac.jp
Kumano
H
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Iwata
K
K
Nariai
Y
Y
Matsumoto
T
T
D000368:Aged; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016709:Yin-Yang
D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal