To shrink tumors and detoxify the body are important approaches in TCM anticancer strategies, however, many ingredients are either too strong or toxic that they cannot be used internally. These include unprocessed herbs like:

Or herbs for activating blood and removing stasis like:

Common Burreed tuber

Zedoray rhizome

Leech

Or herbs in pungent and warming properties like:

Monkshood

Sappan wood

Chinese wild ginger

Local applications of medicinal substances mean that the active ingredients of certain preparations are absorbed through the skin and then onto the cancer site. Through the slow absorption process, there is less risk to develop general poisoning reactions, it also enables drugs to bypass the interference from the kidney and liver as well as avoid adverse stimulation on the intestinal tract. During application, physicians will change the base constantly so as to avoid local reactions like itchiness and rashes appearing.

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