Controlling cancerous pain with analgesic powder for cancers

Analgesic powder for cancers, composed of more than 20 Chinese drugs, was applied externally to 91 patients with various kinds of cancers for management of cancerous pain. The results showed that it was remarkably effective in 42 cases, fairly effective in 22, effective in 22, and ineffective in 5,...

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Published inJournal of traditional Chinese medicine Vol. 15; no. 3; p. 174
Main Authors Yang, G, Liu, J, Xie, J, Jiang, S, Song, M, Li, H, Qi, F, Liu, Y, Huang, T, He, X
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China 01.09.1995
Subjects
Administration, Cutaneous
Adult
Aged
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic - therapeutic use
Animals
Drugs, Chinese Herbal - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Liver Neoplasms - drug therapy
Lung Neoplasms - drug therapy
Male
Mice
Middle Aged
Pain Threshold - drug effects
Pain, Intractable - drug therapy
Pain, Intractable - etiology
Palliative Care
Pancreatic Neoplasms - drug therapy
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Summary:Analgesic powder for cancers, composed of more than 20 Chinese drugs, was applied externally to 91 patients with various kinds of cancers for management of cancerous pain. The results showed that it was remarkably effective in 42 cases, fairly effective in 22, effective in 22, and ineffective in 5, the total effective rate being 94.51%. Animal experiments indicated that the pain threshold was evidently higher in mice treated with this powder on the site of femoral artery of the hind limbs than that of the controls without application of this powder.
ISSN:0255-2922