This paper introduced HE Ruoping’ s experience in treating primary liver cancer. She considers that the disease belongs to deficiency in origin and excess in superficiality. Based on liver-kidney yin deficiency and spleen-stomach weakness

improper diet

emotional maladjustment

irregular life and virus infection lead to qi stagnation

blood stasis

turbid phlegm and toxic heat. And long-term accumulation causes the disease. Therefore

the treatment should be based on syndrome differentiation with both tonification and elimination. Usually nourishing liver and kidney

and replenishing spleen qi should be applied to reinforce the healthy qi and tonify the deficiency. At the same time

it is important to take some measures to eliminate pathogenic factors at the appropriate time

which include smoothing qi and relieving the depressed liver

resolving phlegm and dissipating masses

activating the blood and resolving the stasis

clearing heat and removing toxicity. What’s more

for the acute diseases of jaundice and fever

she is good at using clearing heat and removing dampness method to treat jaundice

and clearing heat and removing toxin method to antipyretic. Besides

flexible modification should be applied to prevent complications.