How to treat advanced lung cancer

The patient, a 44-year-old female, was diagnosed with malignant lung cancer four years ago. She is now experiencing unbearable pain all over her body, has a normal diet, and is unable to take care of herself. The local doctor said she has two months to live.

If patients with advanced lung cancer have a normal diet and adopt some reasonable treatment methods, there is still hope to prolong their survival time. They can take some drugs to enhance immunity and do some appropriate psychiatric treatment to keep their mentality peaceful.

Three major principles of TCM treatment of lung cancer

The occurrence and development of tumors are determined by many factors. The four seasons, climate, geographical environment, emotions, diet, and physical factors of the person all have a certain impact on the development of the disease. Therefore, the treatment of tumors must be comprehensively analyzed. When using traditional Chinese medicine to treat lung cancer, we must pay attention to these three principles:

1. Review the evidence and find the cause

TCM believes that the pathological mechanisms of different lung cancer patients are different, and the ten manifestations of viscera, qi and blood in different stages of the disease are also different. Therefore, the pathogenesis and causes of the disease should be understood through examination and dialectics, and the properties of yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, and deficiency and excess should be distinguished. Then, according to the causes, pathogenesis, and the manifestations of the disorder of qi, blood, viscera, and meridians of the patients, dialectics should be made through comprehensive analysis. This is what TCM calls "seeking the root of the disease to cure it."

2. Combining disease differentiation with syndrome differentiation

According to modern medical research, each tumor has its own biological characteristics, laws of occurrence and development, common laws of morphological changes and biochemical changes, but each person has individual differences, such as age, gender, living environment, physique, mental state, tumor size and location, etc. These all require a combination of disease diagnosis and syndrome differentiation in order to correctly prescribe medicines.

3. Strengthen the body and eliminate evil

To strengthen the body is to use drugs and treatment methods that support the body's health. This is similar to modern medicine's method of enhancing immunity. It is also necessary to combine diet and exercise to strengthen the body's health and improve the body's ability to resist disease, so as to achieve the goal of defeating disease and restoring health. At the same time, drugs and treatment methods with anti-cancer effects should be used to achieve the goal of eliminating evil and restoring health.

The above are the three main principles of TCM treatment of lung cancer. TCM regards lung cancer as a local manifestation of a systemic disease. Treatment starts from the overall perspective, adjusts the body's functions, and treats it through syndrome differentiation and treatment.