who on 2 July introduced
us to Associate Professor Zhang Bei 
of Sun Yat Sen University of Medical Sciences Cancer Hospital in Guangzhou.Margaret's Chinese Herbal Regime
Margaret has taken Chinese herbs as part of her treatment, since June 2000. Margaret has regularly seen a Chinese traditional practitioner in Sydney,Robert Yang [Yang Zugui]
who on 2 July introduced
us to Associate Professor Zhang Bei
of Sun Yat Sen University of Medical Sciences Cancer Hospital in Guangzhou.
Zhang Bei at that time prescribed for Margaret an 'anti-tumour' herbal mix, to which was also added some ingredients to support the immune system and reduce inflammation and oedema. These, were
In Guangzhou on 30 August 2000 [report on the visit to China is accessible by clicking on 'China' above], Zhang Bei supplied Margaret with a more powerful form of this mix, in an 'instant coffee' boiled and dehydrated form, an amount which lasted until the end of December 2000. However, while we had been able to bring that mix back to Australia as 'passenger's own medicine', it was not possible to import more at the year's end, as 'personal import' rules of the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration [TGA] require disclosure of all ingredients and Zhang Bei, in the middle of clinical trialing of the mix, was not prepared to disclose the prescription ingredients, as intellectual property.
In December Zhang Bei prescribed a different mix, to accompany chemotherapy, especially to boost the immune system, and on Zhang Bei's recommendation, in February 2001, Margaret began alternating a anti-tumour herbal brew as prescribed earlier [text A below] and the chemotherapy adjunct [text B below]. These scripts below are in Chinese, they are 'generic', that is they are applicable to other people, BUT they are the basis from which a qualified traditional Chinese practitioner would, having examined the patient, adapt the prescription to the individual. So please do not write back asking for a translation - I am no more likely to provide instructions for making dexamethasone in the laundry than to suggest that you go out and buy what are powerful herbal substances off a shelf somewhere and self-administer. Further information can be sought from Robert Yang, Fraternity Traditional Medicine House, 7 Amy St Campsie NSW, telephone 02 9718 5059 or from the Sun Yat Sen University, contact information in the China report [click above]
Generic prescription for antitumour Chinese herbal (see notes above) ............ Generic prescription for adjunct to chemotherapy.
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In addition to these two herbals, Margaret has been, since December, using a herbal tonic prescribed by Robert Yang, to contribute support to the immune system and also to counter weakness, and support thyroid function, against the impact of corticosteroid treatment and withdrawal from it - as well as to provide strength for non-tumorous, healthy cells, to stay that way (for some background to such ideas, read these research perspectives). This tonic comes in two strengths (and at two prices), which are alternated. The first script below, containing Western Ginseng, is stronger than the second, containing Chinese Ginseng.
Generic tonic prescriptions - stronger first.
