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Can Pulsatilla (Baitouweng) treat breast nodules?

Mar 22, 2025 Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Zhang Xiuhong
Introduction
Pulsatilla (Baitouweng) has the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying, cooling blood, and reducing swelling. It is primarily used to treat disorders caused by damp-heat toxicity. If breast nodules may be related to internal accumulation of damp-heat or excessive heat toxicity, for example, when the patient presents with symptoms such as redness, swelling, heat, and pain in the breast, dry and bitter mouth, yellow greasy tongue coating, etc., Pulsatilla may exert a certain relieving effect on breast nodules through its heat-clearing and detoxifying actions.

Generally, Pulsatilla (Baitouweng) may have certain adjuvant effects on breast nodules caused by damp-heat toxicity. However, it is not suitable for breast nodules resulting from other etiologies such as liver qi stagnation or phlegm-blood stasis. If any abnormalities occur, timely medical consultation is recommended. Detailed analysis is as follows:

Pulsatilla has functions of clearing heat, detoxifying, cooling blood, and reducing swelling, and is primarily used to treat conditions caused by damp-heat toxicity. If a breast nodule is possibly associated with accumulation of damp-heat or internal exuberance of heat toxicity—for example, when the patient presents with symptoms such as redness, swelling, heat, and pain in the breast, dry and bitter mouth, yellow greasy tongue coating—Pulsatilla may help alleviate the breast nodule through its heat-clearing and detoxifying effects.

However, the formation of breast nodules is mostly related to pathological mechanisms such as liver qi stagnation and phlegm-blood stasis, commonly seen in individuals with emotional depression, excessive stress, or cold-biased constitution. In such cases, the cold nature of Pulsatilla may impair the spleen and stomach's yang qi, exacerbating the problem of poor circulation of qi and blood.

Breast nodules are mostly benign lesions. Under medical guidance, medications such as Ruhesanjie Tablets, Xiaoyao Pills, and Tamoxifen Citrate Tablets may be used to alleviate symptoms. Relying solely on Pulsatilla alone is unlikely to achieve ideal results.

References

[1] Xu LK, Deng RX, Feng YH, et al. Study on the chemical constituents of Pulsatilla chinensis (Bge.) Regel. [J]. China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica, 2022, 47(20): 5550-5555.

[2] Xie Z, Wu HQ, Xue YX, et al. Professor Xue Boshou's experience in differentiation and treatment of breast nodules [J]. Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2025, 44(02): 165-167.

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