Ching Wan Hung Ointment for burns?

jea1013

As a friend of mine who lives in California went through radiation, it was recommended by one of her health practitioners that she us a Chinese Herbal Balm called Ching Wan Hung.  She used it every night and breezed through the six and a half weeks of radiation with no problems. At the end, her rad onc said he had never seen anyone's skin survive so well. 

Has anyone heard of this or tried it?  I'm now finished my week-long, twice-a-day-treatment, with no burning yet, but my rad onc says the burning may happen a week or two down the road.  If so, I may give it a try. (I have some in the wings ready to go if need be, that I got over the Web.)

It would be interesting to know what other doctors think of this, if they have even heard of it.  Incidentally, I did try it on a steam burn I got on my arm, and it was very soothing and the redness was gone by the next day.  I wouldn't want to use it on open wounds, but for just redness of the skin I thought it might be a good possibility. Also, of course, you would have to be sure to buy it from a reputable company, given the bad press some Chinese medicines have gotten. 

Here's a description of it from the website where I bought some.

"Ching Wan Hung (also written Jing Wan Hong) clears heat, disperses swelling, invigorates blood, relieves pain, generates tissue. Use topically for first, second, and third degree burns with blistering, redness and pain. It has been applied to chemical burns, radiation burns, and sunburns, as well as burns caused by fire, electricity, steam, or direct contact with a hot liquid. It is also utilized to treat hemorrhoids, poison oak, poison ivy, dermatitis, ulcerative rashes, and bedsores. It acts to relieve pain, decrease inflammation and infection, and aid in the regeneration of the damaged tissues. It is fast acting, alleviating burn pain almost immediately after application. It is useful in pediatric eczema."

Ingredients:
Sesame oil, Beeswax, Commiphora myrrha, Angelica poy mopha sinensis, Carthamus tinctorius, Mastic, Fructus Chaenomeles Spp, and Sanguisorba Officinalis.

mimikitty

Just happened upon this 4-year-old post after I googled this product for radiation burns.  I just started using this chinese herbal product instead of Miaderm.  I'm starting my 3rd out of 4th week of radiation.  Because my cancer is ER+, I researched chemicals I should avoid for estrogen positive cancer.  I obtained this comprehensive list of chemicals to avoid in products from the following website:

http://cincovidas.com/toxic-truth/ingredients-to-avoid-in-personal-care-products/

It turns out that Miaderm contains 2 of the banned products: Disodium EDTA and "fragrance."  According to the website, Disodium EDTA can disrupt hormone function and mutate cells.  Also, according to a book I'm reading on hormones and breast cancer ("What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer"), estrogen-like hormones are very easily absorbed through the skin and into the breast tissue.  Ugh, and I have been rubbing this on both my radiated and non-radiated breasts for 3 weeks now!

My husband is a Chinese doctor and he had a patient who successfuly used the chinese herb stuff through his radiation treatments.  It doesn't contain the ingredients that are dangerous for ER+ cancers, so I'm going for it. (http://www.chinesemedicineherb.com/cgi-bin/chineseherb.cgi/P108.html)

Dellakr

I read your posting regarding the Ointment for treating burns on radiation. I am not aware of that type of use but I do know how the herbal balm (not burn cream) worked for my mom. She as about 82 when she had to have a large spot on her forehead removed right down to the scull due to skin cancer. The wound was approxamently 4" wide x 2 1/2" high. This left her scull exposed with raw edges to heal. They told use it would probably never regrow tissue and we'd have to keep treated with ointment and covered. About a month in the hospice helper came in with this ointment and we confirmed we could use it. I don't remember how long it took but the wound completely filled back in with new tissue growth and left a light scare from where this was. The Doctor was in amazement and could not believe how well it healed. He wanted to take pictures and know what we did. So that's my story. I would use this on any type of skin injury

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Dellakr, thank you for posting, and sharing your experience. Do you recall the name?

mimikitty, share your experience with us!

AlyD

I am currently going through radiation treatments for 6 and half weeks after having DCIS. 2 surgeries. Clean margins on the 2nd one. My Radiation Oncologist suggested Calendula lotion. I could only find Baby Cream. Thought it would be good, but very oily. Not bad. Weird smell. My Dr said my skin looked good. My Acupuncturist had mentioned burn cream and asked her if I could use it during radiation treatment. My left breast is getting a "radiation tan." So far no blistering and my Dr said it looks great. So I use Jergens Ultra Healing every morning after showering and then the burn cream maybe an hour or 2 after treatment. It smelsl like burnt coffee or ??? It goes away after several hours, maybe. I'll give an update after treatment is over.