The present invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer, comprising: (1) a herbal composition generated from Astragali membranaceus radix, Cinnamomi cortex, Paeonia alba radix, Jujubae fructus, and Zingiberis rhizoma or an extract of the above mixed herbal medicine; (2) one or more chemotherapeutic compounds. The present invention also discloses use of the above pharmaceutical composition in the preparation of medicament for treating human cancer and in the preparation of medicament for reducing side effects of chemotherapeutic compounds in human body. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can reduce chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathic side effects such as limb paresthesia, pain, cold skin, formication, powerlessness and the like, increase tolerance dosages of anticancer drugs, and enhance efficacy of anticancer drugs.

Jiangsu Province Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer and use thereof

Disclosed is a herbal composition comprising a first hot-water extract from a mixture of the plants Angelicae gigantis Radix, Cnidium officinale Makino and Paeonia japonica Miyabe et Takeda at an equal weight ratio, and a polysaccharide fraction as a precipitate formed by adding ethanol to a second hot-water extract from a mixture of the plants Angelicae gigantis Radix, Cnidium officinale Makino and Paeonia japonica Miyabe et Takeda at an equal weight ratio. The herbal composition of the present invention is effective in improving the anticancer activity, immune response and hematopoiesis of the body, and protecting the body from oxidative damage. Therefore, by stimulating the recovery from the damage to the immune function and hematopoietic function, often occurring during chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and inhibiting oxidative damage, the herbal composition can be applied for the prevention of the side effects of cancer therapy, as well as for the prevention of various degenerative chronic diseases and the improvement of the health of the weak and the elderly.

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

Herbal composition for improving anticancer activity, immune response and hematopoiesis of the body, and protecting the body from oxidative damage, and the method of preparing the same

paeonia/ailse

Pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer and use thereof

Herbal composition for improving anticancer activity, immune response and hematopoiesis of the body, and protecting the body from oxidative damage, and the method of preparing the same

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