Traditional Chinese medicine has actually recorded and studied cancer for a long time, and the classic "Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon" has descriptions of similar cancer symptoms such as "xi tumor", "stone scab" and "diaphragm".
How does cancer occur? Traditional Chinese medicine also has a relatively systematic understanding, traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence and development of cancer is the result of the comprehensive effect of internal and external factors, seven emotions internal injury, diet and rest, physical internal deficiency and external adverse stimulation lead to the dysfunction of meridian operation, Qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm, poison, wet polymerization intersection, virtual and real inclusion, positive and false evil poison, thus forming tumors. So how does TCM treat cancer? Let me say a few words about my understanding.
Treat the disease and seek the root, pay attention to the spleen and kidney
Kidney is the innate foundation, the main essence, to nourish the five organs, the occurrence of tumors is mostly related to congenital deficiency, and "long-term disease and kidney", tumor patients develop to the later stage also appear kidney deficiency symptoms, therefore, treatment should pay attention to tonifying the kidney, modern medical research also shows that tonifying the kidney can improve the body's immunity, and then improve the body's immune state, commonly used drugs are dogwood, rehmania, privet, dry lotus grass, wolfberry, mulberry parasitism, halberd, etc.
The spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, the main movement, is the source of qi and blood biochemistry, the rise and fall of the spleen and stomach directly determines the rise and fall of positive qi, the spleen and stomach movement function is normal, the qi machine rises and falls and coordinates, the right qi can be vigorous, and only then can it transform qi, blood, and jin liquid, in order to maintain normal physiological activities and improve the body's ability to resist tumors.
"Internal injury to the spleen and stomach, a hundred diseases are born", and surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy can damage the function of the spleen and stomach, coupled with the treatment of tumors more use of bitter cold detoxification anti-cancer products, taking for a long time is also easy to damage the spleen and stomach, so that the spleen and stomach qi damage, so the treatment should pay attention to the care of the spleen and stomach, so that the qi and blood biochemical active, the body's required nutrients and substances consumed in the process of lesions can be supplemented, at the same time, it can also make the drug easily absorbed by the body and play a role, and then conducive to the recovery of the body, commonly used drugs are codonopsis, astragalus, fried white, coix kernel, poria, Pork ling, sand ginseng, jade bamboo, Fa Banxia, Huo Xiang, Peilan, Jiao Sanxian, etc.
Pay attention to the dialectical application of anti-tumor traditional Chinese medicine
Modern research shows that many traditional Chinese medicines have obvious anti-tumor effects, can kill and destroy cancer cells, so that abnormal cells into normal cells, while also enhancing the body's immune function, on the basis of differentiation, can be appropriately added some such drugs, the effect will be more significant, commonly used drugs are hemibranch, half lotus, purslane, dragon flower, white flower snake tongue grass and so on.
At the same time, many anti-cancer drugs are specific, and different anti-tumor drugs can be used for tumors in different parts, such as Ishimi, Tarragon, Hive hive, Houttuynia corido, Snake tongue white-flowered snake tongue, etc. for lung cancer; For esophageal cancer, you can choose to use Shimi, Acute Zi, Dilong, and Huang Yaozi; For gastric cancer, you can choose white-flowered snake tongue grass, vine pear root, half lotus, etc.; For liver cancer, you can choose weeping pot grass, half lotus, tarragon, gentian grass, half-branched lotus, mountain ci mushroom, etc.
Pay attention to the application of blood circulation and stasis removal drugs
In the treatment of cancer, blood circulation is a very important treatment principle, because blood stasis is an important factor in tumor formation. Therefore, in the treatment, we should pay attention to the application of blood circulation and stasis removal drugs, such as danshen, Panax notoginseng, peach kernels, safflower, etc., but for leeches, earthen turtles and other stasis breaking and dispersing drugs, attention should be paid to the disease and should not be used for a long time; At the same time, for tumors with bleeding tendency, blood circulation and stasis removal drugs should also be used with caution.
Pay attention to the role of emotional factors in tumor pathogenesis
Emotional disease is a characteristic etiological thought in Chinese medicine, which refers to joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear and alarm as the seven emotions. The seven emotions are too easy to cause the dysfunction of the body's qi and blood, yin and yang, internal organs, and meridians, which in turn leads to the occurrence of diseases. Too much emotion can also damage the internal organs, such as "anger hurts the liver, joy hurts the heart, thinks hurts the spleen, sads the lungs, and fears hurts the kidneys".
The onset and prognosis of tumors are also closely related to emotional factors, therefore, at the same time of treatment, patients should maintain an optimistic attitude, have a strong self-confidence to overcome the disease, let patients have a correct understanding of their own disease, patiently explain the patient's questions, and eliminate pessimism and fear. In addition, the living is suitable, the diet is light, and the nutrition is balanced, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of defeating the disease.