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Leukemia, cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow and causes large numbers of blood cells to be produced and enter the bloodstream.
Preview- It would seem to be apparant that, a sample treatment for acute leukemia (AML) presented in this book is a modified Rhino and Rehmannia Decoction (Xijiao Dihuang Tang), which includes raw rehmannia, moutan, rhino horn (substituted by water buffalo horn), lithospermum, lonicera, isatis leaf, indigo (12 grams), scrophularia, gypsum, and lycium bark to clear heat and toxin, with turtle, tortoise shell, and pseudostellaria to nourish yin. Acute, symptoms or signs that begin and worsen quickly; not chronic. AML is an aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood. Also called acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, and ANLL. Acute leukemia is a rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream. Toxin is a poison made by certain bacteria, plants, or animals, including insects.
- For example, genetic factors play a role in susceptibility, especially for the childhood leukemias. Except for the possibility of attempting an antiviral treatment for virus-induced leukemias, the causes of the disease do not shed much light on the treatment to be given. Even in the case of a viral cause, if suppression or elimination of the virus could be accomplished, that might not cure the disease; the cellular transformation that occurred may no longer reversible. Virus is in medicine, a very simple microorganism that infects cells and may cause disease. Because viruses can multiply only inside infected cells, they are not considered to be alive. Cure, to heal or restore health; a treatment to restore health. Antiviral is a drug used to treat infections caused by viruses. Transformation is in medicine, the change that a normal cell undergoes as it becomes malignant. Genetic, inherited; having to do with information that is passed from parents to offspring through genes in sperm and egg cells.
- Apparently, along with Western diagnostics came the limited methods of therapy then available in the West; these included toxic treatments with arsenic compounds and, later, the introduction of some chemical agents, such as busulfan, which was, until recently, the standard treatment for myelogenous leukemia (it is of no value in other leukemias). The Western drugs that have been used for leukemia (including hydroxyurea, chlorambucil, and prednisone) appear in the modern Chinese medical literature as treatments given to control groups when evaluating Chinese therapies or used in integrated therapies. Myelogenous, having to do with, produced by, or resembling the bone marrow. Sometimes used as a synonym for myeloid; for example, acute myeloid leukemia and acute myelogenous leukemia are the same disease. Chlorambucil is a drug used to treat several types of leukemias and lymphomas. It blocks cell growth by damaging the cell`s DNA and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of alkylating agent. Also called Leukeran. Chemical is a substance made up of elements, such as hydrogen or sodium. Toxic, having to do with poison or something harmful to the body. Toxic substances usually cause unwanted side effects. Hydroxyurea is an anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites. Prednisone is a drug used to lessen inflammation and lower the body`s immune response. It is used with other drugs to treat leukemia and lymphoma and other types of cancer. It is also used alone or with other drugs to prevent or treat many other conditions. These include conditions related to cancer, such as anemia (a low level of red blood cells), allergic reactions, and loss of appetite. Prednisone is a type of therapeutic glucocorticoid. Arsenic is a poisonous chemical used to kill weeds and pests. Also used in cancer therapy. Busulfan is an anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents. Therapy, treatment.
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