Hi there. Galo is a 13yr MN labrador retriever recently diagnosed with a low-intermediate grade sarcoma on his L thoracic wall. The mass looks and feels like a lipoma except it's attached to the 11th rib near the costochondral junction. Diagnosis was FNA; o has declined surgical Bx. Other Hx: slightly high Cholesterol, flea bite hypersensitivity, corn allergy (patchy hair loss on face prior to diet change), very stiff hips (worse morning and cold weather), twitchy to palpation entire thoracolumbar spine, mild generalized muscle atrophy, non-repeatable slow CP on RH. Tongue is mildly lavender, pulses are slippery and right side is weak. Personality is very friendly and social with humans and other dogs that he knows; nippy and barking with unknown dogs.
I'm thinking damp cold bi, blood deficiency (muscle atrophy), blood stagnation and phlegm (mass), and SP qi deficiency (weak R pulse). I'm considering Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang for the mass (except that it doesn't address phlegm), and Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang for the damp cold bi. Suggestions?
Pulses improved after acupuncture - GV20, bai hui; BL11, 17, 20, 23, 25, 40; SP10; ST40; LI10. Other points? Thanks!