作者1987年出版的《抗癌本草》中文版 据古医书记载：宋朝名士李直方任韶州刺史时，曾患反胃症。吃了很多药也不见效，后来一个卖柴的人献了一方，竟吃好了。考其方，不过是人参、薤白加鸡蛋、粟米煮粥而已。 反胃，近代医学认为类似于胃癌，尤其近似于胃贲门癌。《药花镜拾遗赋》云：“噎膈反胃，从来医者病者群相畏惧，以为不治之症。”这种病常呈明显的恶病质，体重不断下降，进行性显著消瘦，面色苍白，体乏无力。 李直方患反胃已久、必已呈恶病质状态，卖柴人则以补气血之药如粥而日日食之，确实会有改善症状的效果。加之人参、薤白的直接地抗癌作用，有可能治好其反胃病。 事实上，他后来确实康复了。宋朝末年他辞宫隐居，教书为业，终其一生。 人参的抗癌作用的秘密在于它的成分和现代药理的证明： ① C·诺里斯在《美国国立博物馆》杂志上披露，布朗大学生物系林曼·查教授的助手把一些人参汁偶然倒进了癌细胞培养基中，他们谅奇地发现，癌细胞全都很快地死掉了； ② 前苏联的《科学与生活》报导：在弗拉狄斯沃斯托克的生物系活性物质研究所，发现人参可抑制小鼠和大鼠各种诱发瘤的生长； ③ 日本《汉方研究》指出：人参热水浸出物对人子宫颈癌细胞-26抑制率高达90％以上，而对正常细胞毫无影响； ④ 另据英文《化学文摘》报道：近年来从人参中得到一种蛋白质合成促进因子(Prstisol)的化合物，具有促进核糖核酸、蛋白质和脂质生物合成的作用，能提高机体的免疫能力，对癌的治疗有辅助性效果。 此外，《星岛日报》、《朝日新闻》、《上海中医药杂志》等都有人参抗癌的药理或临床研究的报告。美国的畅销书《Cancer:How to Prevent it δHow to Help Your Doctor Fight it》（癌：怎样预防和怎样帮助医生战胜它）中专有一章是谈人参如何发挥抗癌作用的。 以人参为主的食疗方甚多，我在临床上经常应用，现辑以数例，以飨读者——① 人参莲肉汤(《经验良方》)：人参10克，莲子10枚，冰糖30克。将人参，莲子(去芯)用水浸泡后加入冰糖，置锅中，隔水蒸炖1小时即可食用。对于肿瘤病人气虚、食少、疲倦者甚为适宜。② 人参粥(《食鉴本草》)：人参末3克、冰糖少量。粳米60克同入砂锅煮粥。对癌症虚衰、心慌气短、失眠健忘、性功能减退均可应用。③ 人参豆豉汤(《食疗本草》)：人参末2克、鹿角胶炙研2克，用薄荷，豆豉、葱叶各少许共为煎汤，倒入保温杯内。本汤尤其适于肺癌虚弱而久咳不止者，每咳时即温饮3-5口即可，效果甚佳。是一种相当不错的康复饮料。我在临床上往往用人参须来代替人参，这不仅是价格低廉的缘故，而是据1981年第4期英国《LIOYDIA》杂志一篇学术报告的结论而这样做的。 该报告以详细的数据表明：人参有效成份之一的人参皂甙在人参根茎的皮层部分为7％，而中心的木质部几乎一点没有。 就是说越细小的根（须根），由于其皮质部越多，人参皂甙也就越多，疗效自然高于“大块头”的人参。 历史上记载，乾隆皇帝曾实地考察过人参的生态环境，他在《咏人参》中写道： 性温生处喜偏寒，一穗垂如天空丹，五叶三叉云吉拥，亚茎朱实露甘溥…… 乾隆对人参真假也有很高的鉴别能力，他在另一首咏人参的诗中明确写到：“气补那分邪与正，口含可别伪和真。” 乾隆寿高88岁，米寿之年无疾而终，这大概和他经常用人参的滋养有关。英 译 本
作者《抗癌本草》的英译本《ANTICANCER MEDICINAL HERBS》（1992年出版；中国国际贸易总公司发行） 《ANTICANCER MEDICINAL HERBS》（《抗癌本草》英译本）节录： RADIX GINSENG（人参）Classification of Chinese Medicinal Herbs says that: "The taste of the herb is good, neither bitter nor acrid, with mild nature."It is the dried roots of Panax ginseng of the Araliaceae family, which grows in Northeast China and North Korea. Its allied species, P. quiqueform L., is cultivated in the United States, and P. ginseng grows in Japan.
ANTICANCER PHARMACOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS（抗癌药理） 1.Ginsenosides and polysaccharide of the herb have certain inhibition on Ehrlrich's ascites carcinoma in rats. 2.The steride of the herb inhibits sarcoma-I80 and adenocarcima-755.3.The infusion of the herb showed an inhibitory rate of 99.9% on cancer cell-26 of human uterine cervix.4.When administered together with Radix Astragali seu Hedysari and Gaboderma Lucidum, the herb shows a higher inhibitory rate on cancer cells than when it is used alone.5.When the extract of the herb is injected into guinea pigs with leukemia, the curable rate reaches 99.9% and the survival time increases twice as much as that of the control group.6.Lately a substance called prostisol has been derived from the herb and it can promote the formation of ribonucleic acid, protein and lipid, improve immunity and help to cure cancer as an adjuvant.7.The ether extract of the herb is found inhibiting sarcoma-I80 and adenocarcinoma-755 in mice. CLINICAL APPLICATION （临床应用） For cancer of the esophagus:Talks on Medicine says that: "Equal amount of the juice of Radix Ginseng, Arilus Longan, Rhizoma Phragmitis, sugercane, pear and milk is put together, added with a little juice of ginger and stewed into a soft extract for taking slowly."For lung cancer:Precious：Mirror of Hygiene reports that the following herbs are ground into fine powders and taken 6 grams each time with honey water: Radix Ginseng（人参） 60g Poria （茯苓） 60g Flos Fritillariae Thunbergii （浙贝母60g）60g Semen Armeniacae Amarum （苦杏仁）150g Cortex Mori Radicis（桑白皮） 90g Rhizoma Anemarrhenae （知母）30gFor advanced cancer of the stomach: Prescription for Diseases due to Three Pathogenic Factors relates that equal amount of the following herbs is made into small pills for oral administration 50 pills each time with rice water: Radix Ginseng（人参） Poria（茯苓） Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis （姜制厚朴） Baked Fructus Aurantii（炒枳壳） Roasted Rhizoma Sparganii（煨三棱） Prepared Rhizoma Pinelliae（制半夏） Cortex Mori Radicis（桑白皮） Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephala（苍术）For cancer of the uterus: Proved Recipes of the Experienced Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine says that: 18 grams of Radix Ginseng, 18 grams of dried Carapax Trionycis and 9 grams of Pericarpium Zanthoxyli are ground into fine powder and divided into 6 portions. One such portion is taken each night with boiled water and 24 portions make a therapeutic course. Abdominalgia usually disappears after taking 3 portions. For cancer of the breast:Explanation on the Clinical Prescriptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine says that: "The following prescription is taken in decoction. " Radix Ginseng（人参）3g Radix Angelicae Sinensis（当归）3g Rhizoma Ligustici Chuangxiong（川芎）3g Cortex Moutan Radicis（丹皮）3g Ramulus Cinnamomi （桂枝）3g Lignum Sappan （苏木）3g Radix Platycodi （桔梗）3g Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae（白术）2g Radix Astragali Sou Hedysari（黄芪）2g Radix Aucklandiae（木香）2g Radix Linderae（乌药）2g Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis（厚朴）2g Fructus Aurantii （枳壳）2g Semen Arecae（槟榔） 2g Radix Ledebouriellae（防风）2g Radix Glycyrrhizae （甘草）2g Summary of Internal Diseases says that: "The following herbs, when taken in decoction, are also effective for breast cancer. " Radix Ginseng（人参） 5g Poria （茯苓）5g Baked Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae（炒白术） 5g Radix Bupleuri （柴胡）2.5g Rhizoma Ligustici Chuangxiong（川芎） 2.5g Baked Fructus Crataegi （炒山栀）2.5g Baked Cortex Moutan Radicis （炒芍药）2.5g Baked Radix glycyrrhizae （炒甘草）2.5g Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata （熟地）30g Radix Angelicae Sinensis （当归）30gTaking 3 grams of Radix Ginseng daily can prevent and treat the side effects of radiotherapy for cancer in the head and neck region. All previous dynasties literature（历代文献） Zhong Zang Jing compiled by Hua Tuo said that: "Radix Ginseng, Cacumen Biotae and Herba Schizonepetae are burned to ashes to be scattered on the face of the patient to treat derangements of qi and blood such as bleeding from the nose and the mouse. " Illustrated Herbs compiled by Su Song said that: "To try the effect of Radix Ginseng, get two persons to walk along for a distance of 3 to 5 li, one with Radix Ginseng in his mouth, and the other without. In the end you will find that the one without Radix Ginseng in his mouth will gasp for breath and the one with Radix Ginseng in his mouth will breath normally." True Materia Medica compiled by Huang Gongxiu said that: "The herb is effective in relieving thirst and upsetness, activating the channels and the pulse, removing phlegm stasis, curing vomiting, regurgitation, cough and short breath due to deficiency, chronic lingering diarrhea, stranguria and other illnesses due to the deficiency of qi and blood. " CHANG MINYI REVIEW（常敏毅评议）Traditionally it is known that Radix Ginseng and Faeces Trogopterorum are incompatible. In September 1980, a scholar published in Prescriptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Research on Using Radix Ginseng and Faeces Trogopterorum Together, which reports that the use of these two drugs together did not turn out poisonous reaction in the animals experimented and the anti-fatigue function of Radix Ginseng did not become weak. The combination of these two drugs was also recorded in ancient literatures and may be beneficial to the treatment of cancer.Research Institute of Biologically Active Substances in Russia reported that they found Radix Ginseng could inhibit the growth of induced cancer in rats and guinea pigs, with an inhibitory rate of 48%. Another inspiratory research in Russia on cancer of human lips found that in their controlled study, patients with cancer of lips responded so well to radiotherapy when they had been given a certain dose of Radix Ginseng daily before the therapy, and that no relapse and metastasis occurred on follow-up. Japanese Journal of Chemistry reported in 1981 that Radix Ginseng could increase immunity remarkably. After a mouse was first injected with red blood cells of goat as antigen and then with 5 micrograms of panaxoside Rbl, they found the total number of cells produced by antibody was 4.5 times as much as that of the controlled group.
