Traditional Chinese medicine treatment for vomiting in patients with esophageal cancer

Vomiting is a common symptom in patients with esophageal cancer. There are many reasons for vomiting, so active treatment should be adopted.

When esophageal cancer patients vomit, they should first consider drug treatment. However, drug treatment also has certain defects, that is, side effects. The most common symptom is constipation, and the dual effects of vomiting and constipation will greatly reduce the patient's quality of life. However, taking Chinese medicine treatment can alleviate the patient's vomiting symptoms by adjusting the patient's spleen and stomach function and improve the patient's quality of life.

In the treatment of vomiting, the drugs that can be used to reduce adverse reactions and stop vomiting include Pinellia tuber, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Inula flower, Daizheshi, Agarwood, Fried Tangerine Peel, Dried Ginger, Clove, Persimmon Calyx, etc.; if accompanied by loss of appetite, scorched hawthorn, rice malt, Shenqu, chicken gizzard lining can be used; if accompanied by dry mouth, it can be treated by nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, using Polygonatum odoratum, Radix Trichosanthis, Radix Ophiopogonis, Radix Adenophorae, Prunus mume, Schisandrae Chinensis, etc.; if accompanied by excessive salivation, it can be treated by strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, using Atractylodes macrocephala, Tangerine Peel, Pinellia tuber, Dried Ginger, Sea Pumice, Poria, etc.; if accompanied by epigastric pain, it can be treated by regulating qi, activating blood circulation, and relieving pain, using Aucklandia lappa, Cyperus rotundus, Peach Kernel, Safflower, Chuan Gong, White Peony Root, Curcuma Atractylodes, Semen Momordicae, Celandine, etc. If constipation occurs, you can choose Shujun, Senna Leaf, Angelica Sinensis, Fructus Hemp, Fructus Pruni, etc.

TIPS: Diet therapy for vomiting in patients with esophageal cancer

1. Wash and mash the leek or leek root, add half a cup of milk, boil it, take one spoon of the juice each time, swallow it slowly while it is warm, several times a day. It is used to treat esophageal cancer, hiccups and nausea.

2. Mix half a cup of sugarcane juice and one spoon of ginger juice, stew and drink warm. It is suitable for the symptom of esophageal cancer with persistent retching.

3. Sword bean has the functions of warming the middle, relieving gas and stopping vomiting, and is used to treat digestive tract reactions in advanced esophageal cancer.