Applications And Prospects Of Trace Metals, Copper And Iron, In Integrated Traditional And Western Medicinal Tumor Therepy-Experimental Study On The Antitumor Effects Of Recipes Made Of Copper, Iron And Artificial Moschus In Mice Bearing HepA

Malignant tumors were known by Chinese medical practitioners thousands years ago. There were lot of useful therepeutic experiences collected from practice and some guidelines about malignant tumor treatment had been established. In traditional Chinese medicine, recipes, made of herbs, minerals and products of animals, played a very important role and had a predominant position in the treatments of malignant tumors. The components of recipes for treatment of malignant tumors not only included the agents for inhibiting the tumor growth and acting against the tumor cells directly which was described as Po Ji Ju (破积聚), Xiao Zheng Jia(消徵瘕) and Ruan Jian San Jie (软坚散结)etc promoted by some kinds of traditional drugs such as copper and iron minerals etc. , but also included the biological response modifiers to make various dysfunctions in host due to malignant tumors recovered which played the actions as Fu Zheng Gu Ben (扶正固本), Huo Xue Hua Yu (活血化瘀), Qing Re Jie Du (清热解毒) etc considered by Chinese traditional practitioners.In this paper, recipes was made of cupric and ferric compounds, in stead of natural copper and iron minerals used in traditional Chinese medicine, and artificial moschus in stead of the natural moschus which was one of powerful Yin Jing(引经) agents which was considered as a leading - carrier for other companier in traditional recipes. Two recipes composed of cupric and artificial moschus as R3 and cupric, ferric and artificial moschus as R7 were raised. In these two recipes, the components could be considered that not only had the actions against tumor itself directly, but also had the effects on recovering dysfunction...